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"It's okay if you were getting better but now you aren't. It's okay if today wasn't as great as yesterday. It's okay if your day didn't go the way you wanted it to. Recovery isn't easy. It's slow and there are sooo many obstacles, it doesn't happen over night. It will feel like you will never get better but that's your mental illness talking. It does get better, it's just a very slow, long journey to that recovery and honestly you can do it. The biggest part of recovery is not giving up. I believe in You." #SundayReminder @standard_life_love @standard_life_love

Cracked pots An elderly Chinese woman had two large pots, each hung on the ends of a pole which she carried across her neck. One of the pots had a crack in it while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water. At the end of the long walks from the stream to the house, the cracked pot arrived only half full. For a full two years this went on daily, with the woman bringing home only one and a half pots of water.. Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments. But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection, and miserable that it could only do half of what it had been made to do. After two years of what it perceived to be bitter failure, it spoke to the woman one day by the stream. 'I am ashamed of myself, because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your house. The old woman smiled, 'Did you notice that there are flowers on your side of the path, but not on the other pot's side?' 'That's because I have always known about your flaw, so I planted flower seeds on your side of the path, and every day while we walk back, you water them.' For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate the table. Without you being just the way you are, there would not be this beauty to grace the house.' Each of us has our own unique flaw. But it's the cracks and flaws we each have that make our lives together so very interesting and rewarding. You've just got to take each person for what they are and look for the good in them. SO, to all of my cracked pot sisters, brothers and friends, have a great day and remember to smell the flowers on your side of the path! And send this to any or all of your Cracked Pot sisters, brothers and friends and see what a smile you will put on their faces. @AYMIND @AYMIND

Fact: Suicide is a major global public health issue, resulting in 800 000 deaths every year across the world. Pesticide self-poisoning accounts for 14-20% of global suicides and is particularly common in low-income and middle-income countries where small-scale farming enables easy access to highly hazardous pesticides. @AYMIND