苦しみは人生を深く、真に有意義なものにします。 空腹が何でも美味しくいただけることに繋がるように、 苦しさも乗り越えたときの歓びに繋がっています。”
(Pain is deep and truly significant in life. But just as hunger can lead us to whatever’s delicious, pain also leads us to the joy of when you overcome it)

So, life can get tough sometimes.
In a way, we're all battling with our own personal problems, our own mental illnesses, our own demons. To some, they may seem mundane and trite, to others, they are the biggest problem in the world. But each one is important, never forget that.
One of the most powerful things that someone can do for you is just to listen to you. Just to hear you vent your emotions, just to have your voice be heard. As a Listener here on 7 Cups, my goal is to offer a pair of empathetic, understanding ears, to have someone to talk to - to have someone to be there for you.
I'm really glad you've found me here on 7 Cups.


reasons to KEEP LIVING : Adventure, spicy food, tipping big, getting soaked by rainstorms, cereal and Saturday morning cartoons, three legged dogs who run, walking on rocky mountain ridge lines, stones that skip all the way to the deepest part of the lake, watching the last hour of the day turn the horizon into a soft glowing place, riding your bike on the city streets at night, gravel roads that stretch on forever, the highs and lows of family, making pretty girls laugh, people who rock out in the car and have the music turned up so loud everyone else waiting in traffic can hear it, blind people who cross the street by themselves.

And coffee, thank god for coffee