Broken

... if I had a chance to speak to a person, have a heart-to-heart banter with a group of people or a chance to speak to my heart like I would to a child I would say, 'Never give up on loving people - with your time, your calls, your texts, your thoughts, your money, endeavours. Never stop being a shoulder that they could lean on.' 

Because you never know who is walking around with a morbid black hole distorting and demolishing the very light that made them beautiful. You've seen him/ her attempting to be strong for themselves? You’ve seen him/ her say 'I'm fine' with a reassuring smile yet the forlorn visage tells you another story. Over the phone you've heard his/her spirit break and his/her heart ache... their life split into fragments so small, you're not sure how it will all come together... Don't ignore that nudge you've got to be there for them.

Because you do not know how fast they are losing strength or how badly they are giving up... even on themselves. You do not know how dark the place he/she is in with every call he/she does not pick, with every text he/she does not reply, with every time he/she does not show up... and maybe, just maybe your thought of kindness in texts, your calls and your capacity to go kick his/her house door open with pizza on your hand or good conversation about the weather or the chickens and goats is all the incentive they need to keep fighting.

And if you are the one in need of help, hanging in there... It's said in Psalms 34:18 The Lord is CLOSE to the broken-hearted and SAVES those who are crushed in spirit. So hang in there... don't wonder, don't think... Just breathe.