Within the last five months, four beautiful students from Palo Alto, California (home of Stanford University)l killed themselves at a railroad crossing. These precious children were all students at Harvey Gunn High School. Students there are devastated by this terrible loss. Train crews tell officials that it is hard for them to drive over the spot where the suicides occurred. These are unspeakable tragedies.
Suicide is the third leading cause of death for teenagers, after accidents and homicide. Please, if you are considering suicide, get help right now. Suicide is like junking a car that has a flat tire. You can fix it and things can get better.
129 things to do instead of suicide.
Test-drive a convertible with the top down
Work up your American Idol audition
Go to a music store and play drums
Design your own line of clothing
Do a murder mystery party
Get a psychic reading
Have fake business cards made
Start a collection
Go horseback riding
Go to a tanning salon
Spend the day eating junk food
Play with Legos
Make a lemonade stand for charity
Take a bubble bath
Redo your MySpace or Facebook page
Play miniature golf
Read a book of New Yorker cartoons
Watch wildlife
Phone your grandmother
Paint a wall mural in your room
Send a message in a bottle
Put on prom clothes and eat by candlelight
WATCH A SUNRISE
Lift weights
Have a meal at an airport
Study cows
Make puppets
Go to the mall and try on something you’d never wear
Make a video for YouTube
Work up an impression of your favorite celebrity
Get decals for your car
Take up belly dancing or tango
Do some star gazing
Go through your clothes and donate some to charity
Buy someone roses
Have your portrait made
Watch Steinfeld reruns
Go roller-skating
Dye your hair
Plant a tree
Go to a 12-Step meeting
Make cookies
Learn Sudoku
Take a walk
Buy a puppy
TAKE NATURE PICTURES
Go to a movie
Get a massage
Go to the library
Meditate
Plan a safari
Go skydiving or ballooning
Call a friend who’s in worse shape than you are
Go to the gym and work out in a new way
Write a poem
Rearrange the furniture in your room
Plan your wedding
Get a racquet ball game going
Meet a friend at a restaurant
Visit some place creepy
Attack a household chore
Go to a waterslide park
Write your memoirs
Watch a live theater production
Visit a theme park
Draw a wall-sized picture
Do some yoga
Play Barbies or GI Joe with some little kids
Count your blessings
Draw a picture of your pet
Tour a factory
Rent a limo
Build a time capsule
Buy a new video game
PLAN YOUR TRIP TO EUROPE
Get a scavenger hunt going
Make pancakes
Dance to the video game “Dance Revolution”
Visit a college
Take a ride on public transportation
Go bowling
Read an old yearbook
Visit a nursing home
Go to a thrift store and buy something silly
Watch “The Matrix” or “Cinderella Diaries” again
Play Frisbee
Write a letter to your Congressman
Go rock-climbing
Watch baseball at the park
Ride your bicycle
Charge up a bill on a credit card
Make homemade pasta
Learn how photoshop pictures
Do a water sport like swimming, tubing or canoeing
Have a picnic, indoors is okay
Throw a spontaneous party
Ride a rollercoaster
Make Play Dough and do a sculpture
Get acupuncture or acupressure treatments
Walk barefoot in the grass
Practice a musical instrument
GO TO A TACKY TOURIST SPOT
Get a manicure or hair cut
Go to church or synagogue
Visit a history museum
Jump rope
Build a snowman or a sand sculpture
Read a book you loved as a kid
Visit college websites and pick the best
Do 500 jumping jacks or push-ups
Go to the zoo
Fly a kite
Knit
Toast marshmallows
Take up golf
Take an online course
Put together a model of a car or airplane
WAKE UP YOUR DOG AND GO FOR A WALK
Go skate boarding
Play basketball
Ask someone new for a date
Go to a big-time sports event
Learn to juggle
Catch fireflies
Try a new ethnic restaurant
Cut the grass
Get tickets to be in an audience at a TV show
Make sandwiches for the homeless
Visit an art museum
PHONE 1-800-SUICIDE
People Care. I love you.
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