“The Odds Of You Being Born Are 1 In 400 Trillion”: 30 Uplifting Messages If You Are Feeling Down, Shared By Our Community

Screw Putin! Слава Україні!

Every single Ukrainian military or otherwise is pushing back against Putin's army. That says a whole lot about the determination and grit of those folks. They didn't ask for a war but they're giving him one in spectacular fashion. USA stands with all of Ukraine!!!🇺🇲🤜🤛🇺🇦

God sees us as we are, but loves us unconditionally despite our warts and for what we can be.

Yes. 🌟💙💛🇺🇦

Your positive message is here anyway. It's empathy. I don't mean this to come across as too simplistic but think about it. What if it's really as contagious as we're seeing out there right now? That's hope.

Thanks Daria.

Thank you Daria B! And in return, remember: any day you wake up is a good day.

As a competitive swimmer and a volunteer lifeguard, these lifeguards are completely valid. Lifeguards aren't only for normal "drowning", say, but theyre also trained in heart attack, stroke, major bleeding, and pretty much most medical emergencies. I've gotten hypothermia while swimming and yeah, some lifeguards are necessary, no matter how much they seem UNnecessary (I think i took this too seriously im sorry-)

Because these athletes sometimes push themselves and get a cramp or something. The lifeguards are very necessary

Just a few weeks ago a swimmer passed out and her coach dove in and saved her

I always said that at least I'm not totally useless... I can be used as a bad example for scaring others. LOL! Laugh at that... humor made my life worth going on for. If I can make you laugh, then I laugh with you and I am no longer sad.

There was a competitive swimmer/dive (I forget if she was a collegiate or olympic athlete) that had a medical emergency while in the deep end of the pool. Coach and life guard had to jump in to rescue her.

This was really what I've been needing. Honestly... been feeling a little depressed. I need to know that it may not be fun, but it's OK to be not OK.

thank you for saying this

My husband got diagnosed with stage 3 lung cancer in May. He went through chemo and was done in September. He had to have a biopsy for a small spot in his lungs 2 weeks ago & the surgeon said it was dead Cancer cells. All my stress melted away. Today his lymphoma specialist said we can only be cautiously optimistic & to keep on top of any symptoms. All my stress instantly came back & I feel like any day the other shoe will drop & it will all go down hill. I feel useless that I can’t take it away, I can’t fight it for him, and I HAVE to be strong for him ALL the time. I’m a complete mess inside & we have no outside support system at all. No friends. No family.

Not to mention that wave of endorphins your brain releases during/after a good cry. You feel reborn after a sob fest.

There's a song about that. I think it's called 'It's Okay to Cry'. It's a sad one but important to remember

So there were 400,000,000,000,000 possible versions of me and yet I still ended up the worst one

Yeah. The one time I beat the odds.

The odds of you being born are 100% based on the fact that you are here.

I was THAT CLOSE!? So unfair.

... 😔

It might be hard to see right now, but this is true.

This.

There is no one out there who cares about me. Everything else as well no no nope

or the other way around? the good news is time flies, the bad news is you are the pilot?

I thought it was "Time flies when you're having fun." By that metric, many of us are still on the runway.

More than you know! I was always surprised that there were more people who cared about me than I knew. Sometimes it's not evident but they do come out of the woodwork! LOL! I know first hand that when times got rough for me... I was beside myself at those who were not always on the front line, but the ones who were in the shadows watching and caring. They were the ones who saved my a*s!

I think it's more like this: There's always gonna be people out there who love you, once they get to know you. If you're very isolated, there may only be a few people who know you at all. And you could have the bad luck that those are people who don't love you because you're simply a bad match with them, or who don't like you that much because of bad decisions you've made that affected them. But if you manage to heal the wounds you have (with some professional help maybe) and at some point start going out and meeting people again, there will be people who will love you when they get to know you. (And if you're worried about your bad decisions meaning those new people won't love you either: we can learn to make different decisions in the future, it may take some work, but there are so many examples of people with incredibly destructive behaviors who have learned in therapy to make good decisions and are now capable of having good friendships and relationships)

Not for everyone, just nearly everyone, be strong.

Wow that one almost made me laugh.

I'm here, where are you? Lol