A message to those who are hurting

People's lives are like books. Their pages are filled with memories, thoughts and wishes, smells and melodies from childhood they yearn to experience again. When someone is torn out of their book, they never feel whole again. The book is missing a peace, it has an empty page.

That page can't be written over or filled with anything, someone else was supposed to. Someone else who wandered off because they felt like this world didn't belong to them.

People feel guilty and worthless and they try to understand, but they are left with more questions. They blame themselves. If they were to know that we know they are going to feel guilty. We know it is going to hurt them as much as it's going to free us.

Until you're left with an empty page, an empty chair at the dinner table, an empty room that hasn't been touched since that day, please don't try to make them feel guilty for wishing they were somewhere else or planning to go away.

Try to make them see this world can be a beautiful place even though they want to go into a world of their own. Make peace with the worst possibility, but most importantly, make them feel at peace. There's nothing worse than spending your last minutes feeling guilty more than you already are and, in the end, feeling grateful because all of these bad feelings will go away.

This post doesn't promote harm to anyone, this is dedicated to those who are hurting. I hope you find peace.