Staying Positive [ miniseries lesson book ]

lesson ten: stay alive

lesson ten: stay alive
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"if you make it through today, you're gonna see tomorrow."

the sun is new each day. you should be here to see and experience it.

when the world tells you that you can't, don't listen. you can do anything that you set your mind to. you were put on this earth to achieve your greatest self, to live out your purpose, and to do it courageously.

"stay alive. not just today, but tomorrow too." - twenty one pilots

if you hold on for just a little longer, things will get better. everything gets better. everything will be okay. you are going to be okay.

i don't want to make this chapter about me, but as this is the last lesson, i'm going to tell you some of my story. let this encourage you to stay alive.

i've been in the same shoes as you. i hated myself, i hurt myself, and i absolutely did not want to even be on this earth anymore.

i was fed up with this world to the point that i sincerely did not want to live. i wrote a note.

i'm begging you, please, if you ever feel like that, please message me. i will help you.

i felt like i couldn't be saved, like nothing would ever change, and it would never get better.

now, i am almost two years clean. and although i still have bad thoughts, I know how to control them. i'm starting to love myself. i'm starting to see the world in a different, better way.

if you look back on how far you come, it's truly amazing. and looking back now, i am doing so much better. i've made so much progress.

i wrote a positivity book. if that's not a sign that things get better, i don't know what is.

i wrote this book to help others, to be a friend, and to encourage you. to tell you that things do get better, and that you really are stronger than your mind.

that is what we do. that is what people do. we stay alive for each other.

whatever you're going through, you can make it to the other side. you've got to keep fighting.

you can beat anxiety.
you can beat depression.
you can beat suicidal thoughts and actions.
you can beat self harm.
you can beat anger.
you can beat bad thoughts and actions.
you can beat fear.
you can beat all of your problems.

you can do it.

and you can stay alive. because trust me, it is so worth it to stay here. if you feel alone, never doubt that i am here for you.

and i know it's hard. depression is hard. but depression is also smaller than you. always, it is smaller than you, even when it feels vast. it operates within you, you do not operate within it. it may be a dark cloud passing through the sky, but - if that is the metaphor - you are the sky. you were there before it. and the cloud can't exist without the sky, but the sky can exist without the cloud.

stay close to anything that makes you glad you are alive.

stay positive, stay happy, and most importantly, stay alive.

i love you guys so much.

-katie xo