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*Three Months Earlier*
My computer dinged, and I sighed, losing what I was going to write. 
“Great,” I muttered. I absolutely hated writer's block. I was so close to having an idea for the next chapter and my stupid notifications distracted me. Knowing that I couldn't write, I clicked on the notification icon, and it instantly directed me to my favorite app, WritersNook. The notification was a post from one of my followers, it read, 

Hi everyone, 
@RioNido is going through a really hard time, I would appreciate it if he was in your prayers. Please support him. 
Thanks!

I clicked on the link to his profile. I will admit all the posts were dark, talking about death and suicide. It saddened me to see how much someone must have hurt him. I clicked into private messages and started typing. 

August 16, 2018, 
To @RioNido
Every child is an artist the problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up
-Pablo Picasso

August 17, 2018
To @RioNido
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot but make it hot by striking. 
-William B. Sprague

August 18, 2018
To @RioNido
There is no security on earth, there is only opportunity. 
-Douglas MacArthur

August 19, 2018
To @RioNido
It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light. 
-Aristotle

From @RioNido
Why are you doing this?
To @RioNido 
Doing what?
From @RioNido
You aren’t like everyone else, begging me not to do it. Why?

To @RioNido As morbid as it may seem, it’s your life, your choice. 
If you do it think of all the people you are hurting. 
If you can’t live for yourself find someone worth living for. 

August 20, 2018
To @RioNido
Don’t count the days make the days count. 
-Muhammad Ali

August 21, 2018
To @RioNido
The beginning is the most important part of the work. 
-Plato

August 22, 2018
To @RioNido
Fall seven times and get up eight. 
Japanese Proverb

August 23, 2018
To @RioNido
Everything you ever wanted is on the other side of fear. 
-George Addair

August 24, 2018
To @RioNido
Seise the day and put the least possible trust in tomorrow. 
-Horace

August 25, 2018
To @RioNido
Joy is not in things; it is in us. 
-Richard Wagner

August 26, 2018
To @RioNido
I’ll go anywhere as long as it’s forward. 
-David Livingston

August 27, 2018
To @RioNido
Sometimes when you lose your way, you find yourself. 
-Mandy Hale

August 28, 2018
To @RioNido
There is just one life for each of us; our own. 
-Euripides

August 29, 2018
To @RioNido
When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to 
be alive,
 to think
 to enjoy, 
to love…
-Marcus Aurelius
From @RioNido 
Why do you care at all?
To @RioNido 
I imagine what it would be like if my
 best friend was going through 
whatever you are going through, 
I ruined my friendship with my best friend and 
I don’t know how to fix it. If I even can.
 So I am focusing on something more worthwhile. 
From @RioNido
What trying to save me?
You aren’t going to succeed. 

To @RioNido 
Even if I fail, I can’t say I didn’t try. 
Then, I at least tried, and that is better than sitting 
around waiting for it to happen. 
From @RioNido
You’re going to get too attached. 
To @RioNido 
And that is only my own fault when I do. 

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