30 Days of Truth, Day 26 ~ Have You Ever Thought About Giving Up On Life? If so, when and why?

This question goes hand in hand with the one from yesterday about the reason that I am still alive. When I answered it the first time, I thought I had been through a lot. Oh, how naive I was.

The funny thing about being naive is that you never realize just how oblivious you are about it.

I wrote about how I had never thought about giving up and how I'd been tested and so on and so forth. It's almost comical to read it now.


Day 26 ~ Have you ever thought about giving up on life? If so, when and why?

I've been to hell and back since the first time I did this. A few times. There were certainly moments in that three years that I thought my life had gone to shit, that it was unrecoverable. Many, many times, I fantasized about leaving, running away from it all and never looking back.

I craved irresponsibility. I wanted to be selfish. I longed for just a moment of not having to worry about anyone else.

My fantasies always involved giving up on this particular life, not life in general. I wasn't ever suicidal, I just wanted to get away from the set of circumstances I was in. I am in.

I have never once thought about ending it all.

I haven't for four reasons.

My kids.

They need a responsible parent. They need me here. They need me stable and grounded and sane.

I would never do anything to jeopardize their lives, their happiness, their stability because of my own selfishness.

I know this now without a doubt.