“At times the world may seem an unfriendly and sinister place, but believe that there is much more good in it than bad. All you have to do is look hard enough. and what might seem to be a series of unfortunate events may in fact be the first steps of a journey.” — Lemony Snicket
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“I used to think I was unstable, because I had this thirst for something. I could never figure out what it was. I couldn’t sleep at night, and I always wanted to be somewhere else, and I have a window tattooed, this little box, and it’s because wherever I was, I wanted to be somewhere else. And, I always saw myself, wherever I was in life, staring out the window.”
Angelina Jolie has openly spoken of her teenage self-loathing, which led to cutting herself with knives, early and intense sexual experience, her fascination with death, thoughts of suicide, and undefined feelings of frustration on ABC “20/20,” July 11, 2003.
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A decade ago, I wrote:
May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you’re wonderful, and don’t forget to make some art — write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself.
And almost half a decade ago I said:
I hope you will have a wonderful year, that you’ll dream dangerously and outrageously, that you’ll make something that didn’t exist before you made it, that you will be loved and that you will be liked, and that you will have people to love and to like in return. And, most importantly (because I think there should be more kindness and more wisdom in the world right now), that you will, when you need to be, be wise, and that you will always be kind.
And for this year, my wish for each of us is small and very simple.
I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes.
Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You’re doing things you’ve never done before, and more importantly, you’re doing Something.
So that’s my wish for you, and all of us, and my wish for myself. Make New Mistakes. Make glorious, amazing mistakes. Make mistakes nobody’s ever made before. Don’t freeze, don’t stop, don’t worry that it isn’t good enough, or it isn’t perfect, whatever it is: art, or love, or work or family or life.
Whatever it is you’re scared of doing, do it.
Make your mistakes, next year and forever.
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Life isn’t meant to be easy. It is full of challenges that sometimes make us feel like they are impossible to overcome, but when we do, it makes us stronger and more affirmed in who we are. I drew the above picture when I felt like I was on my last rung in life, I was twenty-two at the time. Over the past 32 years I have overcome two suicide attempts and a lifetime of suicidal thoughts. I keep going now because life is meant to be lived. For those of you struggling, reach out to someone close to you. For those of you that feel like you have no one, sometimes when we are at our lowest we isolate from all support. Take a chance, reach out, and keep going. We all have something to offer in this life, even when we feel like no one will ever notice or love us back. If we can find the love for ourselves, then other relationships will follow.
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