You Must All Have Hope

[xken728]

Fran and Myself have been watching the Chile miners being rescued during the day .Fran has taken an interest in this from the begining,as i have only watched today.but it was heart warming to see these men returning slowly but surely to there familys ,imagine when the roof caved in and they were in the dark ,they were sure they would die ,then from the darkness came a small beacon of hope in the form of that first small probe .they knew then that someone had reached out for them and they would be safe.
The darkness that had kept them from there familys would soon be deafeated they knew there loved ones were on the outside ,but they could not see or love them ,bless them they will all soon be home .
Not to belittle there plight my freinds but many of you suffer also in the darkness ,and you to can become out of reach from your familys ,
You see things with your eyes that are nomal ,but the illness within your mind distorts these and makes you fear them ,like me you may have spent much time searching for years for a way to be normal ,tired from fighting the terrible thoughts and demons in your poor mind ,
How many times have you sat and tried to think of the thing that makes you the most unhappy, Yes familiar isnt it ,You see you really arent alone many of us have been there .
Like the miners you must have hope ,dont wait for someone else to cure you ,or you may be disapointed like i have been so many times .
you can reach out here and im sure many people will reply to you and it does give you hope and a lift at a time when it will be needed .
Ive been around here a while and i have many dear freinds i do know how to suffer and suffer well,you are not weak to cry or call out here Depression is a cunning creature it has many shapes and will try to trick you ,use each fall as a lesson and turn it into a weapon to fight back with next time ,we all have a special strength within as sufferers we know the meaning of kindness and compassion ,kind words left here in replys can mean so much to so many people this i know ,do i write this for my benefit ?
No ,i wrote it because i was inspired by those brave men and the look on their familys faces .
I have looked into Frans face and seen that look of hope ,and ive seen it turn to tears of despair as i decended into the dark world that takes me to the depths of hell .its up to me now to live and love and be happy for my family it wont be easy but already im looking through eyes that see ,and not those poor cold eyes shadowed by depression .
I have hope ,and so must you all ,those of you i know and those i dont ,
each and everyone of you have hope ,look inside yourself for that strength, it is there look beyond what your mind is showing you and see that beacon of light .Best Wishes xn728 Ken and Fran

[crystalgaze]

I meant to reply to this a while back....

I, too, was glad when I saw the miners safe & sound.... Really, I was happy for them & proud of the country's leader, as well as the people involved in the rescue effort, for not giving up--just like that. I think the day I saw it I said to myself (of the leader & of the rescuers), "I would love to shake his hand; he did good. They all did good."

Yeah.... Hope's really important.

[xken728]

Hi Onika ,im glad you felt that way to ,its touching to know we have the sames hopes sometimes ,,the world does seem to be getting to be such a bad place sometimes ,
Its good to feel human !! hope your good ,,best wishes Ken and Fran,,,