1 year ago I spent Thxgiving in a hospital room eating cafeteria food not knowing if my mom would beat her illness & be alive to see another day. I, myself, didn’t know if I’d even be alive. Boy, how 1 year changes ur perspective.

What am I thankful for? Life. Without it, I don’t have health, ambition, opportunity, love, friends, memories, sadness…basically the essence of what makes us & defines the human experience.

Learn to unconditionally accept urself regardless of external events & cherish life:

“The fact that u exist is proof enough that u r a valuable human being, that ur existence is valuable.”

Love u all & hope that I’ve been able to bring a smile at least once to you :)

Happy Thxgiving

Maaaan, was panicking over a certain situation only to find out this colleague/buddy committed suicide. Really puts everything in perspective. I can’t even describe the pain I’m feeling. This shit hits too close to home given my experiences w/ mental health & suicide. Seriously folks, love your people while they’re here & always count your blessings. Don’t end a day on a bad note w/ your loved ones. It’s just not worth it.

If your friends are ever down, just LISTEN. Don’t judge. Just listening & being there for them unconditionally does a world of difference. Even if it means you have to put your shitty day on the back burner for this person. Even if the conversations can be redundant n kind of dumb. Please just listen; check in on them. Love them. Be sweet. Make them smile.

I don’t like sharing personal shit anymore. I’m sorry for being emotional but thought this was too important to share. Live.Love.Life.