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Ride Beyond Suicide
These are challenging times. You are not alone. This post about suicide prevention is a must-read. I wrote it and collaborated with an amazing team as part of my current job with the CDC Foundation. Although it is for the State of Alaska (as part of our year-long Healthy You in 2022multifaceted campaign), it is timely and valuable info that may be useful to you or a loved one right now no matter where you live. Note that an easy-to-remember suicide prevention hotline, 988, launches nationwide July 1 but may already be active where you live.
As those of you who have read my book know, I am not a stranger to suicidal thoughts. As a result of the pandemic combined with our climate crisis, they occasionally rear their head again — as they do, most likely, for many of you. We are in historically disturbing times right now, and it is easy to wonder what difference we can make; if we even matter. These feelings are hitting all of us, even those of us who are positive by nature.
WHAT I CAN TELL YOU FOR SURE IS THAT BIKES HELP. IN FACT, THEY SAVED MY LIFE. AND I CONTINUE TO BELIEVE THEY CAN SAVE THE WORLD.
If the Atlanta Beltline had not been where it was exactly when it was (2013), I don’t know where I’d be right now. Or if. My motto, Trust the Journey (then and now), gets me…
