Take A Leap! And Get Busy Living

I was reviewing the upcoming mini-documentary on my battle overcoming suicide and life with my family. It was done at the end of last summer and one of the main scenes is us cliff diving into a lake. Looking outside at the snow, it was a warm, fond memory!

Right before the family jumps, I tell about writing the following poem when I was a young man struggling to find his way:

Took a storm

To crack the mortar

The stone, the aged clay

The walls I’d built to shield myself

From rains I feared to face

 

Took a storm

To clear the rubble

The remnants of my home

To find the lost foundation

Poured before I dwelt alone

 

And the waters flow

So today

I think I’ll swim

 

It may be winter, it may be a dark time in your life. But you can always make a leap and decide to start living.

As Red said in the Shawshank Redemption: “Get busy living, or get busy dying.”