This is for you

This is for the wounds and scars you posses that always seem raw because people keep throwing salt on them.

And for the girl with all the right clothes but the wrong kind of self image.

For the guy who hides his real side because "no one wants to know see that side of him".

This is for the kids who cover their wrists like they cover their pasts.

This is for the kids who just realized they are addicted.

And this is for the people that don't feel safe at home.

And to the kids who have lost too many pieces to their puzzle piece heart, 

cause this world takes too much for granted.

This is for the kids with encouragements taped to their mirrors.

This is for the honest.

And the people who aren't afraid of not smiling.

This is for those who have drowned in seas of strangers but still keep trying to breathe.

And for those whose mascara stains have become tally marks on their pillow.

This is for the people who panic at the word college.

This is for the kids that didn't get into BYU

This is for the surviving, the people who push themselves to get out of bed, because we don't get enough credit for waking up every morning.

This is for the beginning, and the middle, because this may stay with you until you meet your maker, but it gets easier. At least that's what they tell me.

And just because you've never felt God give you a hug doesnt mean he doesnt hug you every day.

Choose to stay

Choose to stay

Choose to stay

Choose to stay

Choose to stay

We go through hell but there is ALWAYS light.

And I know you've heard a billion of these, but please choose to stay.

I'm not going to say I will be there for you because I might not know you.

I promise I'm trying, I'm trying to reach you.

But if I don't,

you have to keep going.

You have to keep pushing yourself to get up.

Because darling, 

there

is

more

I just watched 127 Hours, and realized I am fighting my own rock. 

And if it came down to it I would do my best to cut my own arm off.

We can all beg each other for as long as we live.

We could write post after post about surviving and living.

And think of the best cliches, but what it really comes down to is

you.

You need to choose.

Just know,

this is for you.