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Ana. Our absolute best friend and worst enemy. A genuine "frienemy."
She makes you heavy with sadness, and feather light all at once.
And the gamble is death.
If not death by organ failure, it is death from turning in on yourself. Suicide. Wasting every day obsessing over the end of it all.
If you find yourself writing a list as to why you should be alive and come up short, then you probably don't understand death yet. I know the concept seems easy to understand, but you must picture it. Close your eyes and imagine what death is like. When I close my eyes and see death, I see nothing. To me, death is comatose to the third degree. Black. But being unaware of the darkness. Going to sleep and never waking up and never dreaming one dream. It is unavoidable. This may be the hardest point to understand. Living everyday and getting caught in the grind doesn't allow people to understand that death is unavoidable. We will all, in fact, die one day. This means we simply must LIVE while we can.
Perform a random act of kindness today. If you find yourself at Starbucks, pay for the person behind you. See how it makes their day.
Take your mind off of food for five seconds, as hard as that may be, and take in life. Breathe deeply, with your stomach. Fresh air. Something that those who have lost the battle with Ana or Mia can have no longer.
Life must be appreciated. In our young and fragile minds, it is so easy to dismiss until it is too, too late. You must not question why you are here, but what you can do while you are here. Exercise your talents. They are yours for a reason. Paint a beautiful picture. Call a friend or family member just to let them know you love them. Take down the walls you have built around yourself brick by brick.
Ana can be deadly. But it doesn't have to always be so dark. Allow yourself to be happy. While everything else seems so restricted, love has no calories. Indulge.
She makes you heavy with sadness, and feather light all at once.
And the gamble is death.
If not death by organ failure, it is death from turning in on yourself. Suicide. Wasting every day obsessing over the end of it all.
If you find yourself writing a list as to why you should be alive and come up short, then you probably don't understand death yet. I know the concept seems easy to understand, but you must picture it. Close your eyes and imagine what death is like. When I close my eyes and see death, I see nothing. To me, death is comatose to the third degree. Black. But being unaware of the darkness. Going to sleep and never waking up and never dreaming one dream. It is unavoidable. This may be the hardest point to understand. Living everyday and getting caught in the grind doesn't allow people to understand that death is unavoidable. We will all, in fact, die one day. This means we simply must LIVE while we can.
Perform a random act of kindness today. If you find yourself at Starbucks, pay for the person behind you. See how it makes their day.
Take your mind off of food for five seconds, as hard as that may be, and take in life. Breathe deeply, with your stomach. Fresh air. Something that those who have lost the battle with Ana or Mia can have no longer.
Life must be appreciated. In our young and fragile minds, it is so easy to dismiss until it is too, too late. You must not question why you are here, but what you can do while you are here. Exercise your talents. They are yours for a reason. Paint a beautiful picture. Call a friend or family member just to let them know you love them. Take down the walls you have built around yourself brick by brick.
Ana can be deadly. But it doesn't have to always be so dark. Allow yourself to be happy. While everything else seems so restricted, love has no calories. Indulge.
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