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What if Dad Doesn’t Go to Heaven? (Serious Talk about Mental Health)
My mobile phone binges for a new message. I see it’s a message from my dad. I’m looking at a picture of two candles and a dark ground covered with a thin white layer of snow. I know where the picture is taken and what those candles reflect. In that exact place, one unique soul decided to leave this world.
Don’t Let Anyone Define What You are
This society is good at grouping people and giving diagnoses about everything. However, sometimes these definitions can be made by irresponsible people and lead to reckless circumstances.
My father is bowed before something someone had said about him long ago. As years have gone by, the ghosts of his past have followed him. After entrepreneurial struggles and other health issues, these creatures of darkness have reached him every once in a while.
After years of smoothing his head and understanding all the quick-tempered decisions he has made, I finally tried a new strategy; truth. I advised him to be an adult, take control of his own life, and stop repeating the same mistakes. Before he becomes the captain of his own life, he is just like a boat drifting around an endless sea.
Being alone in your mind is a very lonely place. Overthinking can make…
