About Me
half-hearted is a non profit org. conceived in april 2007 aimed at one cause.....trying to put an end to depression.
so what about us?
we are not trained doctors
we are not paid psychiatrists
we are not experienced counselors
what we are however....are a compassionate group of people, mentally and physically dedicated to eradicating the disease that is depression, that is suicide, that is self loathing.....anything.
about eighteen million americans currently suffer from depression and its side effects
about twelve million of them....will never recieve the correct treatment.
it IS treatable
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our story
in October of 2006, a young man and women strolled into my old job (of, of course....hot topic...what else) and per usual, I was there chatting up the customers. They were anyone and everyone, the usual nice kids who like me knew way too much about music, and way too much about partying. Things were normal, nothing out the ordinary. I rang up their transaction and they left with barely a goodbye. Like I stated...nothing out of the ordinary. Alas, to be cliche. That day was no ordinary day. The male of the two came back into the store about fifteen minutes later and said something I will never forget.
"Im not gay or anything, but this is my number, we're having a get together tonight, you should swing by"
simple, sincere....yet enough to change my complete outlook on life. Never before had I seen such spontaneity in someone. Someone willing to take a shot on a kid who might be decent enough to call a friend. I will never forget my first night at that house, immediate acceptance, immediate meshing. Call it love at first sight, or whatever you will, but I was immediately drawn to the family nature of this house of a bunch of kids whos main goal in life was simple no matter what the outcome.
remain optimistic about life and love
to this day I still am a member of this house to its full extent. Of course theres drama, of course theres new faces but the message has remained the same.....remain optimistic.
this is the part of the story where the name gets explained. Dont ask me the day, who did it first, why it was done...any question along with it. I still have no clue, all I know is something simple meant so much. Upon leaving the room someone called out my name, I looked up, and they threw half a heart in the air. The message was simple....you complete the other half. On instinct I threw up my other hand in the same position. The same awkward half curled hand, kind of looking like a C that was disgruntled. Even across the room we knew what it meant. This was life at its best, the feeling of acceptance, the knowledge that someone was there for you. It was amazing and new, and it caught, everyone in the house got drawn to it. Even if just looking up for a spared second and caught someones eye, with a smile we would put it out there, just in case that person was having a bad day, or just for the hell of it for that matter.
it got me thinking........why isnt everyone feeling like this?
this is the effort to start that
this is a full on assault on feeling alone and scared. We're setting out to prove that no matter where you are, what your doing, how your feeling. Theres someone there for you, theres someone watching your back. No matter what.....half-hearted isnt a pessimistic natured name. For me, it signifies hope, the fact that anyone can throw up that half-heart and it can be returned by anyone. It does not matter, religion, race, background, scene...anything.
to be half hearted, is to be someone with the hope and knowledge that someones there. to have confidence that people care, to know that its ok, and you dont have to do this on your own
to be half hearted, means never completing it alone
"Keep a good heart. That's the most important thing in life. It's not how much money you make, or what you can acquire. The art of it is to keep a good heart" -Joni Mitchell-
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