Next time you feel like insulting someone, step back and think about it.

Has it ever crossed your mind that maybe that person thinks that too? Do you really feel like degrading their self-esteem that much more? You most likely don’t know them personally if you are insulting them, so you have no idea the battle they go through everyday. You don’t know if it’s a struggle for them to get out of bed everyday and fake a smile. You don’t know if the first thing they do that morning is shove their fingers down their throat. You don’t know how many times the idea of suicide has crossed their mind. You don’t know them, stop pretending like you do. Don’t judge a book by its cover or you might be the reason they fall off that ledge, wrap that noose around their neck, or swallow all those tiny little pills. 

Calling someone ugly does not make you beautiful. Tearing someone down does not make you powerful. Calling someone stupid does not make you smart. Being disrespectful will not earn you respect. 

Just think.