Thank you for taking the time to read my blog. I feel very strongly about supporting people who struggle with depression, addiction or self-injury. I want to help show them that there are people who care. That they are loved.
To start off with, I will propose some questions, just for you to think about.
Did you ever say something to someone and regret it afterwards?
Did you ever ask someone you don’t know very well why they’re crying?
Did it ever occur to you that you can change someone’s life? For good and bad?
To Write Love On Her Arms, an American charity, is a non profit movement dedicated to presenting hope and finding help for people struggling with many different problems in their lives such as depression, addiction or self-injury. TWLOHA exists to encourage, inform, inspire and also to invest directly into treatment and recovery.
TWLOHA is all about love, to give and to receive. It’s about providing comfort, stability and protection. Everyone in the world was created to love and be loved. We shouldn’t judge one another on our past. We shouldn’t judge someone on what we were. We shouldn’t tell someone that they “don’t deserve to live” or that they “don’t belong here” because everyone is here for a reason. When we tell someone “I don’t like you” we don’t realize how much it can affect one person. Why can we not consider what we say? If we did we could reduce the pain that the world brings to so many people. These people don’t deserve to be hurt, they deserve to be loved just like everyone else.
If we consider our behaviour we could offer a stronger – more supportive – community. People wouldn’t feel as constricted/ pressured. TWLOHA isn’t about “writing love on your arm” it’s about showing that you care. Showing the wider community that you are offering support; that you are prepared to simply listen.
Or, as the song ‘Colours of the Wind’ says,
“You think the only people who are people
Are the people who look and think like you
But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger
You'll learn things you never knew you never knew”
Thank you so much for taking the time to read my blog. Please post me a response with your thoughts. It would be especially great if you could write just a few words in answer to the following questions – and help in any way you feel you can. Further details of all the ideas listed below can be found at http://www.twloha.com/ Please help change lives! If you do post a response, please can you tell me where you come from i.e. your home town & country (if not UK!)
Had you heard about the charity, ‘To Write Love On Her Arms’, before?
Do you now feel more informed about the problems people face in their everyday lives?
Would you now be prepared to do any of the following things to help improve the lives of so many people …
1. Make a donation to ‘To Write Love On Her Arms’?
2. Start or join a Fundraising campaign?
3. Tell your family & friends about ‘To Write Love On Her Arms’ and try to persuade them to help out in any of the ways above?
4. And smile :) . A smile can be surprisingly effective…
To start off with, I will propose some questions, just for you to think about.
Did you ever say something to someone and regret it afterwards?
Did you ever ask someone you don’t know very well why they’re crying?
Did it ever occur to you that you can change someone’s life? For good and bad?
To Write Love On Her Arms, an American charity, is a non profit movement dedicated to presenting hope and finding help for people struggling with many different problems in their lives such as depression, addiction or self-injury. TWLOHA exists to encourage, inform, inspire and also to invest directly into treatment and recovery.
TWLOHA is all about love, to give and to receive. It’s about providing comfort, stability and protection. Everyone in the world was created to love and be loved. We shouldn’t judge one another on our past. We shouldn’t judge someone on what we were. We shouldn’t tell someone that they “don’t deserve to live” or that they “don’t belong here” because everyone is here for a reason. When we tell someone “I don’t like you” we don’t realize how much it can affect one person. Why can we not consider what we say? If we did we could reduce the pain that the world brings to so many people. These people don’t deserve to be hurt, they deserve to be loved just like everyone else.
If we consider our behaviour we could offer a stronger – more supportive – community. People wouldn’t feel as constricted/ pressured. TWLOHA isn’t about “writing love on your arm” it’s about showing that you care. Showing the wider community that you are offering support; that you are prepared to simply listen.
Or, as the song ‘Colours of the Wind’ says,
“You think the only people who are people
Are the people who look and think like you
But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger
You'll learn things you never knew you never knew”
Thank you so much for taking the time to read my blog. Please post me a response with your thoughts. It would be especially great if you could write just a few words in answer to the following questions – and help in any way you feel you can. Further details of all the ideas listed below can be found at http://www.twloha.com/ Please help change lives! If you do post a response, please can you tell me where you come from i.e. your home town & country (if not UK!)
Had you heard about the charity, ‘To Write Love On Her Arms’, before?
Do you now feel more informed about the problems people face in their everyday lives?
Would you now be prepared to do any of the following things to help improve the lives of so many people …
1. Make a donation to ‘To Write Love On Her Arms’?
2. Start or join a Fundraising campaign?
3. Tell your family & friends about ‘To Write Love On Her Arms’ and try to persuade them to help out in any of the ways above?
4. And smile :) . A smile can be surprisingly effective…
Your blog is one of the best I have read-so touchin and moving. I would definitely make a donation to TWLOHA and I woul join a fundraising campaign, as this issue has really touched my heart. And smiling is one of the things I do most often so that would be no problem :D
ReplyDelete1. Yes, definitely
ReplyDelete2. Yes
3. Yes
4. Of course ;)
Thank you so much for making this blog, I think it's a really great charity to support. I found it really touching :)
i will try to help fundraise for these people and will try to persuade family and friends to do so. i really thought that your blog was amazing and helped me realize about this because i didnt know much about it since you said. Thanks ....
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