100 Reasons To Not Kill Yourself: #63 (Guest Post).

I am a guest at You’ve Been Hooked today. The Hook has been running a series of posts titled One Hundred Reasons Not to Commit Suicide. His effort is raising the awareness of a very personal issue and I am proud to contribute to his campaign. A visit to The Hook is always a pleasure and is especially fun to guest post. Take a minute to see what I mean.

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I’ll say it again: I’m not hard-wired to be positive and inspiring for one hundred posts.

But since surrender is not an option I’m going to continue to enlist my blogging allies in this “fight” to convince people that embracing the emptiness of the dark is never the answer. So please welcome the amazing John W. Howell to the countdown, won’t you? 

What I love about John’s writing is that it doesn’t feel like writing at all; it’s as though he’s in the room with you (listen closely and you can hear him breathing) and so his conversational tone mirrors my own, So we’re all in for a treat today.

My friend Hook here invited me to guest post on his blog. Still, as I write, I cannot imagine being asked to appear on one of the most enjoyable blogs on the planet. You see, I have been following Hook…

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15 comments

  1. macalder02's avatar

    If we take into account that the intrinsic vocation of our body is to live, there are no valid reasons to take our own lives, even if they do so to alleviate their frustrations or punish themselves for not being the people they would like to be. In short, there are multitudes of pretexts to do so. What better than the advice of a person well versed to give a word of encouragement. It’s a luxury for the program that you have as a guest.

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    1. John W. Howell's avatar

      Great comment. Thank you, Mac

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  2. Author Jan Sikes's avatar

    Fantastic, John! You gave a very legitimate reason for not committing suicide. Thank you for sharing this blog site!

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    1. John W. Howell's avatar

      Thanks Jan. 😁

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  3. D.L. Finn, Author's avatar
    D.L Finn, Author · ·

    Thank you for sharing this John. It’s a very good reason not to commit suicide. I’m glad there is a blog doing this.

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    1. John W. Howell's avatar

      Thank you, Denise. 😀

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  4. Mae Clair's avatar

    Left you a comment on Hook’s site, John. Well done to both of you.

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    1. John W. Howell's avatar

      Thank you, Mae. 😀

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  5. Jill Weatherholt's avatar

    Nicely done, John! Thanks so much for sharing this blog with us.

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    1. John W. Howell's avatar

      Thank you, Jill

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  6. The Hook's avatar

    Again, I’m deeply honored you’ve lent your considerable talents to my cause, John.

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    1. John W. Howell's avatar

      My pleasure , Hook.

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  7. Jennie's avatar

    You were terrific, John. Well done! Thanks to you, I have been ‘hooked’. 🙂

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    1. John W. Howell's avatar

      You won’t be sorry, Jennie. 😀

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      1. Jennie's avatar

        I’m sure I won’t! 🙂

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