Prompt Of The Week: "You can't save everyone."

You can't save everyone. You can't save those who suffer in silence and fight an invisible battle, you can't save those who refuse help and don't want to be saved. You can't save those that have gone too far on the path of self -destruction and have given up on themselves. And above all, you can't save ANYONE if you haven't saved yourself first. It is like an oxygen mask on an airplane, first you need to put on one yourself and then you are able to help others.

you can't save everyone... But you can offer help if the person is suffering in silence, you can offer compassion if someone refuses help, and you can be a flicker of hope for those who don't see the light anymore.

At least try. Start today

@Clarisse29 i want to be tagged for more prompts thanks!

(Inspired by my experiences I'm going through a hard time right now)

"You can't save everyone, sweetheart" he said, taking my hands in his. "It'll be okay, they're not gone, they've just moved on, that's how the world works. I'm sure they would've stayed with you if they had the choice." But he doesn't understand.

"They ARE gone!" I cried, wishing I would wake up from this nightmare of a situation. "All my friends, they're gone, I'm never gonna see them or talk to them ever again! They saved ME. And if I can't save everyone, why can't I just save them?" I yanked my hands back and buried my face in them.

"But honey, what would you save them from? They're going out into the real world, they'll become adults, with a family and a job and everything." he asked. He just doesn't get it.

"Exactly that. The real world. Taxes and hate and heartbreak and failure and responsibility and losing themselves and moving on. High school is hell but it's easier here. And they saved me," I choked out, "from myself. They saved my life and they don't even know it. There's so much I need to tell them, let them know that I wouldn't have gotten through this first year of high school had they not been helping me. But now I have to do three more without them."

"I don't understand, you knew them for 6 months sweetie. People are gonna come and go and you're gonna have to get used to that." he said, with a confused look on his face.

"You don't get it!" I yelled, storming out of the room so he couldn't see the tears welling up in my eyes. As I walked through the doorway I stopped, not turning around but talking with poison lacing my voice. "But I guess I can't save everyone, right?"

[time for my favorite part of the week woot]

I wear a warning on my chest

I walk ten feet behind

I don't sleep for there is no rest

For those who've lost their mind

Can no one read? Can no one see?

I'll simply bring you pain

But they're too kind, too good for me

So they stepped into the rain

Their blood on my hands, I told them to leave--

Why don't they ever listen?

I watched them fly into the sun...

I guess you can't save everyone.

@Clarisse29

You can't save everyone

There's a sickly amount of truth to that

But what if you can't save the one that matters?

No... I can't let that consume me...

Not now, when it matters most...

2 Cornered animals...

Corner one another...

You’d better either put it down,

Or rend me asunder.

As much as I’d rather close my eyes,

I know that I can't so much as blink.

As much as I’d rather walk away,

I promise I won't leave.

You think you’re the one who’s afraid?

You’ve already checked out.

I’ll suffer this, I’ll suffer you,

Just to relieve your doubt.

I never wanted you to feel this way…

You don't have to be so alone.

I don't want to feel without you,

Please.... Come home.

You can't save everyone.

This sentence reminds me that I can't change the way another person thinks, feels, or behaves. They have to make that change themselves. If there is something they do or say that adversely affects me, I have to avoid them. I can't change them to suit me. If there is something about them that is affecting themself negatively, I might make a suggestion or two about it, but, again, I can't change them.

They have to save themselves. They can get help - support, therapy, etc., but they still have to be willing to put forth the effort.

@Clarisse29

I hope to be able to save everyone.

One day, as a doctor, with knowledge and care.

But I know I can't.

Apart from death, that no human can overrule,

there will always be one person who needed me,

and there's nothing I can do for her.

Younger me, I'm sorry

I can't heal your wounds, ease your pain.

I wasn't able to protect you from scary nights and days

From people who used you and left you broken.

I wish I could listen to you talk for hours,

and instead of a "shut up", give you a smile.

I wish I could kiss you goodnight, like Mom didn't,

so that you wouldn't feel undeserving

of kindness, or love.

I can't save you now, it's too late

But I do hope you know,

As much work you need, you always try your best

So I am convinced, one day

Not really because you are a doctor,

but just here, on this Earth,

you will save yourself.

You can't save everyone

What they reap they shall sow

You can't be in the way of their karma

You can't anymore

Take a step back

Watch from a distance

Be there when they fall

But you can't do it all

@Clarisse29 I have a question, are you aloud to use pre existing characters for your story ?

@Clarisse29

Reality Check

When if feels like,

Life is going downhill,

The pure soul,

Seeks to protect,

Those most close to them.

Then reality,

Comes sweeping in,

Like a steed at full pace.

It is the reminder,

That one cannot save everyone,

No matter the sacrifice,

No matter the circumstance.

But that does not mean,

You give up,

On providing that shoulder,

That love,

To those who need it most.