When I was at the beach two weeks ago I picked up a Lokai bracelet for my sister and I. We both had the original bracelets a couple of years ago but they broke. Now the company has come up with different colored bracelets that give some of the proceeds to different organizations. There is a bracelet for breast cancer, AIDS, Autism, and mental health. I picked the mental health bracelet for my sister and I.
Like I said, I already loved these bracelets because of their meaning. There is water from Mount Everest and mud from the Dead Sea.These represent the high points on earth and the low points on earth. They coincide with the high and low points in life. When you are feeling low, know that there are better times to come and when you are in a good place, stay humble because it could be worse. The mental health aspect of the bracelet that I chose added a whole new dimension to this.
As someone who suffers from anxiety, depression, and OCD, I know first hand about good and bad days, but I also know about the importance of mental health. Often times people think that just because someone seems okay or they don't look different than someone else that they are okay when in reality that isn't the case all the time. I think that more emphases needs to be put on mental health especially in children and young adults. I am glad that Lokai gives us the option to identify with different organizations but brings us all together with the high and low points on the bracelets.
