A long long time ago there was a person here named Martin...he wrote to me once when everything was a nightmare for me...he told me about an organization called "The Samaritans"...I wanted to share this tonight so if one of us ever needs this again we have it...
http://www.samaritans.org/
http://befrienders.org/
This is what Martin told me that nite long ago...maybe it will help someone else again when its needed...
I can't answer your question my dear friend, but I can tell you this; you are not alone. In all the pain and struggle and difficulty there are people who understand and care and hope for better days for you. You are not alone, Con.
When things were unbearable I rang the Samaritans. When I felt the only reason not to kill myself was that my kids needed me I rang the Samaritans. When I realised that even my kids weren't enough to keep me alive I rang the Samaritans.
I rang them every day for eight months because I needed to. I rang them twice, three times and even four times a day at times because I needed to. Each call was a handhold on the edge of the abyss and I went from call to call and friend to friend and moment to moment hoping I could make it to the next safe minute.
You are not alone. And there is hope.
There is hope in taking care of yourself, minute by minute. There is hope in recognising - whenever you are capable of recognising it - that your partner is not your responsibility and is a separate person making her own journey. YOU are the person you are responsible for. There is hope in recognising that even if the money runs out you will still have YOU and there is hope in recognising that tomorrow - no, this very next minute - is the moment you can begin building the life you want, and that while life is within you you can make the next moment about ice cream and strawberries, a beautiful piece of music, a stunning photograph, a walk in the park, a child's smile, a million joys just waiting for you to find them....one minute at a time, one joy at a time....until they flood your life.
You are not alone con and this world is full of wonders....sometimes we just need to find the right wavelength to tune in on, you know?.....
You are not alone con.
And when I really FELT alone, the Samaritans were always there. Are always there.
Take care.
Martin
Thank you and Bless You Martin
Con
Hey Con,...............Granny here,
I really liked the post about the Samaritans. If you dont mind I'd like to find a way to put it in our clinic newsletter for Nov. It seems it helped you at a tough time many moons ago, maybe it will help someone at our clinic as well. I need to see if maybe there is a way to put our newsletter on a post..... Gonna have to work on that.....
Thanks.see ya on the board. Thanks for the kind words about Amber.
I really liked the post about the Samaritans. If you dont mind I'd like to find a way to put it in our clinic newsletter for Nov. It seems it helped you at a tough time many moons ago, maybe it will help someone at our clinic as well. I need to see if maybe there is a way to put our newsletter on a post..... Gonna have to work on that.....
Thanks.see ya on the board. Thanks for the kind words about Amber.
hey Granni....if it helps someone then go ahead.....
I'm going to make a flyer from the website and post it on my bulletin board outside my office...wish I had thought about it this past weekend when I needed it !...
and ?????....going to the other post now yo see how it went for you the other day...got my fingers crossed that everything went ok for you and gkid :)
con
I'm going to make a flyer from the website and post it on my bulletin board outside my office...wish I had thought about it this past weekend when I needed it !...
and ?????....going to the other post now yo see how it went for you the other day...got my fingers crossed that everything went ok for you and gkid :)
con
Hey Con. I'm really glad the samaritans helped you. Me too. I called them once a long time ago when I felt suicidal and they were amazing. I thought they were a UK charity, I didn't realise they had samaritans elsewhere. I totally agree with your post. Please try them if ever anyone feels they have nowhere to turn. Love and hugs from auld reekie con x
Linz x
Linz x
hey linz...long time no hear !!...Glad to see you..just knowing they're there I think is sometimes comforting...Im glad i was able to post about it...had forgotten them from a long way back...hope all is well with you ..
Con
Con
Great post from Con and great links
I bookmarked them .
Thanks for that sharing.
I bookmarked them .
Thanks for that sharing.
You know the Sagamore and Bourne Bridges to Cape Cod, Con? Even the Tobin Bridge in Boston...they all have Samaritan signs and phone numbers just before the crossing on both sides...sadly, people head for bridges when they are feeling that way. Been reading those signs since I was a kid and my dad explained them to me while headed to the Cape.
Ahhh the Sagamore bridge !! Crossed it every year since i was 3 on the way to the Cape...always thought the Borne bridge was creepy...never noticed the Samaritans signs though... what a good idea to put them there...sad though... but i never thought of anyone putting the Samaritans signs up at these kind of places...big cliff out here that draws many too...makes me think it would be a good idea here also...
con
con
I've seen these all over the US...Golden Gate is such a huge jump spot that someone made a documentary about it. The one is Sagamore says something like, "In despair? No one to talk to?..."
