Dear hopeless but hoping,

There is the famous quote that I have been told countless times and have told it to others as well: "God won't give you more than you can handle."

On your worst days, you question if this quote is even true. You question, why do bad things happen to good people? You do your best to be the best version of yourself, follow all the rules, respect others, but still feel like the world is crashing down on you. Your bad days seem to never end. You feel like you can only be happy for so long until something bad happens again. You don't want to feel like that anymore and want to end the suffering. You think ending your life is the only option because you can't handle this anymore.

But you're wrong.

You were born into this world for a reason. On your worst days, you have to believe that there is still something beautiful left inside of you. Even if you only have the tiniest bit of faith left inside of you that you can do this, then you can keep fighting. I know it hurts, but I promise you this- you will breathe again, and you will breathe more deeply than you ever have before.

You have so much strength. You are so strong for making it this far and having to live the life you have. That's how I know that you can keep going. You need to use all that strength that you do have and get through the bad days.

It might not seem like it now, this week, or even this month that life will get better, but you have to stick around to find out that life is not all bad. No one has ever gone blind from looking on the bright side. So go out there and find your happiness. There is no better painkiller out there than another human being. So surround yourself with people who love you and bring you up. Don't ever think that this world will be better off without you, because we do need you. I need you.

If you're thinking of giving up tonight, don't. The world could always use one more day of you.

Sincerely,

Someone who sees your pain