Hold on for the day when you won't feel like this, because it's inevitable, even if you do nothing.

Hold on for the beauty of a sunrise, the day when you notice color again, and feel it reflected and magnified inside you.

Hold on for the day when the terrible Emptiness and inexhaustible Need are gone and you are free. It does happen. It happened to me, so have hope.

Hold on for the time when the voices in your head are saying "good job" instead of "you're a failure", when the words in your head are supportive and nurturing.

Hold on for the day when you realize you haven't even thought of hurting yourself or killing yourself in ages and ages. It's such a surprise!

Hold on for the day when the only tears you have are from laughing so much, when the laughter just bubbles up naturally and smiles come so easily that your cheeks hurt.

Hold on for the day when you really feel and Know that you have something to offer, and that this something is not Pain, which is all you thought you had to offer before.

Hold on for the day when you can let other people's love get inside you, where you can feel it, when it doesn't just bounce off you without meaning.

Hold on for the day when your words make a difference in someone else's life - whether you see it or not, whether you understand it or not, whether you see all the ripples or not.

Hold on for the day when you laugh at yourself for all your little ways, even the ones that you used to find intolerable, because that's the day when you've accepted who you are and come to see it all as precious and endearing.

Hold on for the moment when you suddenly recognize that you've grown and changed, and are pleasantly surprised.

Hold on for the day when you look in the mirror and you are happy with who and what you see. That is a fantastic moment.

Hold on for the moment of transformation that occurs when there has been a deep shift inside you and a whole new world opens up in all its beauty and wonder.

Hold on for the day when you can really taste food again, when you notice the blue of the sky, the quality of light reflecting off leaves, the softness of a child's skin, the pleasure of someone's smile, the feeling of a gentle breeze on your face and ruffling your hair, the play of light through the trees, and you hear the beauty of a bird's song as if for the first time and in that moment, nothing else matters.

Hold on for the day when you suddenly notice that things have depth, that everything is no longer two dimensional.

Hold on for the miracle of the moment when you see yourself truly, as you are, and are awestruck, because it WILL happen if you let it. So hold on for the day when you grasp the wonder of who you are, behind and beneath all the pain and all your thoughts.

Hold on for the time when you feel all this creative energy inside you,
waiting to be expressed - whether it is through song, music, dance, art, writing, or just simply by loving.

Hold on if for no other reason than to see what happens next, because you can pretty much guarantee that sooner or later something you didn't expect will happen, and it might be good.

Hold on for the morning when you wake up feeling so totally relaxed and rested that your body is luxuriously heavy and that first stretch is
wonderfully decadent.

Hold on for the day when you *really* don't give a flying f*ck how you look, or what people think of you, because you are comfortable, not defiant.

Hold on for the day when you are no longer defined by other people's opinion of you.

Hold on for your dreams

Hold on for the simple pleasures (hot cocoa, warm beds, little puppies, etc)

Hold on for those you love (family, friends, pets) - trust me, seeing their tear-stained faces after a failed suicide attempt make you re-think your priorities