To Write Love On Her Arms

Happy Free Love Day Everyone!

Free Love Day is a day that promotes awareness of depression and suicide, as well as to advocate a lifestyle of unconditional love.

If you didn't know this, depression is one of the leading conditions that lead to suicide. Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States, and for every suicide, there are 11 attempts made. Suicide can occur at any age ranging from child to adult and the scary part is that we don't know who wants to, who has tried to or who will do it.

There are countless reasons why anyone would think to do this and even more reasons why some are brave enough to go through with it. They CAN be saved. One of the many answers to this is LOVE. Today, en lieu of this day, here is what love means: "Love means an action and decision to unconditionally practice patience, kindness, and humbleness towards people. Sharing your story with people, because we all have one. To open up so no one feels alone." I couldn't have said it better myself. 

If you're anyone like me, the mere thought or sensation of love brings such an uncontrollably overwhelming feeling from within, that it causes others around you to feel just that. With my heart on my sleeve, I live to observe a lifestyle of nothing but love, and you should too. 

How do you do that? Here are a few of my personal opinions...

• Ask someone how they're feeling today
• Tell someone how much you love them
• Show someone how much you love them
• Do something on a whim out of love because you WANT to
• Treat everyday like it's a sort of... Valentine's Day, if you will (and no, that doesn't necessarily mean buy whoever it is calorie infested chocolates and sweet little Hallmark cards all of the time, but once in a blue moon do something sweet and loving to someone -- anyone you love because you LOVE them that much)
• Spend quality time with someone you love (especially if they're having a bad day -- they probably need you more than anyone else will at the moment)
• Compliment someone today (tell them how pretty/handsome they look today, how they look really great with their hair that certain way, how happy they seem, how lucky you are to have them in your life, how they have changed your life in some way, etc)
• LOVE FREELY - there is always enough to go around :)

So today, to celebrate Free Love Day, draw/put a heart on your wrist to signify that you will wear your heart on your sleeve and live to observe a lifestyle of love. Today, we WANT to change the world and make people aware of what depression can do. Suicide should not be an option. No one should ever feel the need to take their life for any reason what so ever. No one should have to feel so bad about themselves that they would want to take their own life. You only have one life to live so live it and fill it with LOVE!

I wear my heart on my sleeve because I love with a love that is more than love <3