Thursday, February 28, 2013

Just Live

Part of our mission in sharing the Ears Wide Open? video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BjpS2YdR0s is to raise awareness of the potentially devastating effects of depression. To stay true to that mission, from time to time we will post information in this blog that hopefully will help those of you who are personally struggling with depression, and those of you who have family members or friends whom you want to help.

Life is a journey, one that we live one breath at a time. Breathe. Just breathe. Share. Just share. Live. Just Live.

http://www.webmd.com/depression/guide/detecting-depression

http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/depression/complete-index.shtml


Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Wisdom

"It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err." --- Mahatma Ghandi

"The fear of the LORD is the instruction for wisdom, and before honor comes humility." --- Proverbs 15:33

Monday, February 25, 2013

Get Ready

We're just hours away from the release of the video "Ears Wide Open?" Be sure to watch and then visit our Facebook page or send us a tweet.

And get ready to help us help others.

Sunday, February 24, 2013

On Being Brave

"Fight till the last gasp." --- William Shakespeare

"True bravery is shown by performing without witness what one might be capable of doing before all the world." --- Francois de la Rochefoucauld 

"You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you." --- Mary Tyler Moore

Saturday, February 23, 2013

Tranquility

 

"The poor long for riches, the rich long for heaven, but the
    wise long for a state of tranquility." --- Swami Rama

Friday, February 22, 2013

Doing It Anyway

"Because,' she said, 'when you're scared but you still do it anyway, that's brave.'" --- Neil Gaiman, Coraline

Not the Absence

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear." --- Ambrose Redmoon

Thursday, February 21, 2013

Confront the Dark

"Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing. Use the pain as fuel, as a reminder of your strength." --- August Wilson

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

EWO Debut


Are you listening? Are you seeing? Are you caring? Are you helping? Are you loving? Are you laughing? Are you living?

Ears Wide Open? is a video project designed to help raise awareness concerning depression and suicide among middle-aged adults. Written by a mother who felt that death was her only way out, and produced and directed by her son, Ears Wide Open? delivers a poignant message of survival, of hope, of living.

You can help share that message by sending a link to this blog to your family and friends, and by watching the video. Together, let’s spread the word and save a life or two along the way. Because at the end of the day, that’s what matters most of all.

Watch for the video coming soon to Vimeo and YouTube!