Wow, Simone — I’m blown away, & in a good way.

The response of your family to your many suicide attempts was to run away, to hide from it — & to not encourage you to talk, to share. Perhaps it frightened your dear ones — understandable. Perhaps they had similar traumas, growing up.

This post will do far more than you now know — not possible to see the far-reaching effects, the encouragement to troubled souls. No doubt there will be at least one suicide fewer because you had the courage to share. (I like that word, “courage,” as “cour,” being French for “heart,” can be seen as the coming of age of the heart.) 😉

What life has taught me, in my 65 years, is that the best & perhaps only way to resolution is through, straight into the wind of whatever it is. We all do this in our unique way, & you’ve shared yours with us in this post.

It touched me that you mentioned the abuse, as others of us who’ve been through that know just what you mean; how our relationships are disasters until we work through that pain. It may not go away, but at least it grows healthy scar tissue so we can move on.

Like others reading your post, I send heart-felt wishes/prayers for your best possible journey, going forward. All we ever have — all anyone, anywhere, any-when has ever had — is Now. In 1612 it was Now & in 2532 it will likewise be Now — inescapable.

Our minds try to detour us into past & future, but finding sincere enjoyment in our present moment is the very best way, paving the road to “success,” whatever that means in each life.

Thanks for the beautiful example you set on the road to awakening.

~♥~