please don't jump.

if you aren't familiar with Post Secret, then you should be. a friend of mine introduced me too it many years ago before anyone really knew what it was and i've been fascinated by it ever since.

created by Frank Warren, it is essentially a growing global phenomenon in which people anonymously send handmade postcards to his house professing, often, their deepest darkest secret. select secrets are then posted on the PostSecret website every sunday, or used for PostSecret's books or museum exhibits. i imagine it is pretty freeing for most. afterall it is true that once you tell your secret, it is no longer a secret. and the weight of that is likely very lifting.

some of them are funny. some of them are profound. and a lot of them are just really really sad. like this one:


in the aftermath of this post, there has been an outpouring of response. facebook groups (here's one . . . and here's one) have been created urging, even pleading, for this troubled individual not to jump. in the midst of what might soon becomes an absoluted desperate tragedy, it's inspiring really.

if you clicked on the 2nd facebook link, you will see that do date (and i expect this number to increase even after i post this) 791 people are gathering together on the golden gate bridge this coming sunday to post loving and supporting comments which have been left on facebook and, i imagine, through other social networking avenues in hopes that they can reach this individual and encourage him/her not only not.to.jump. but to also realize he/she is not alone. i just hope it makes the difference.

i pray for this one.