Discovering how to care for those with depression has been personally difficult, but extremely rewarding. The best thing you can do is be really candid with the people you love who are hurting, and give them a comfortable space to try and tell you what they might need from you.
Category: Inspiration
Columbine High School Dad’s Gun Control Speech Is Just What Our Country Needs Today
"I am here today to declare that Columbine was not just a tragedy -- it was a spiritual event that should be forcing us to look at where the real blame lies!"
What Everybody Is Saying about Online Essay Writing Help Is Wrong and Here
Yes. You read that right. What everybody is saying about an online essay writing service is wrong. Do you want...
The Two Most Comforting Words In the Bible
And no single gunman, no hand of a terrorist, no disease or cancer, no tragic accident, nor even the final days of our old age can ever separate us from the love and sheer grace of God. Read these two comforting words in the Bible.
20 Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes For Living Your Best Life Today
“Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.” --MLK Jr.
A “Note Before I Die”—Brutally Honest Life Advice From a 27-Year-Old Cancer Victim
Before dying of cancer, Holly Butcher left behind some powerful truths about life, love, and the meaning of it all.
“Depression Takes Practice” — How To Get Stuff Done When You’re Depressed
“Do you have a plan for the next time you get depressed?”
17 Anxiety-Crushing Bible Verses That Will Stop Satan Dead in His Tracks
May we write them down on post-it notes and index cards; Hang them above our beds, our shower curtains, our mirrors and doors-–the places and things we see most throughout the day. And may we pray them “without ceasing." Anxiety has no place where God's love dwells.
What I Learned When God Went Silent
Every one of us has many things in our lives that fight to shape and mold who we are, and yet most of them honestly look nothing like Christ.
How to Respond to Sexual Harassment
When sexual harassment happens in public, women feel trapped. They don’t want to make a scene, they don’t want to prompt aggression in the harasser, so we often just remove ourselves from the situation.
Selena Gomez Breaks Down in Tearful Interview Speaking Out About Her Roommate’s Kidney Donation
"She couldn't open a water bottle one day and she chucked it and just started crying. And she goes, ‘I don't know what to do. The list is 7 to 10 years long.’”
New Burger King Ad Perfectly Captures What We’re Getting Wrong About Bullying
Bullying is the No.1 act of violence against young people in America. But would you put an end to bullying if it was happening right in front of you? BK uses an unusual method to put their customers to the test.
The High Cost of Being Low Maintenance
Somewhere along the way, I decided to be the "low maintenance" one, but it came at a very high cost.
“You’re Next”: Grieving Brother Posts Viral Warning After Brother’s Overdose
"Yesterday I went and planned his funeral and picked out his casket. Today I had to go look at him again and I bought a suit to wear to his funeral. These things shouldn't have to be done for a 21 year old.”
Miscarriage in the Social Media Age—What I Wish I Would Have Known
Because if I'd known what a miscarriage could really be like, I would have been more prepared for what happened to me that night.
Being a “Good Christian Girl” Didn’t Protect Me From Sexual Assault
"I was a good girl. I always had been. I had never fooled around with boys, and boyfriends never got below the waist."