I tell people, if you're thinking about suicide, all that stuff I've attempted and thought about it. If you think about it, life gets better. The key to life when it gets tough is to keep moving. Just keep moving.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the importance of perseverance during difficult times and the belief that life can improve.
Tyler Perry's quote highlights the struggles that many face when dealing with thoughts of despair and hopelessness. He acknowledges the weight of such feelings but insists that the act of continuing to move forward despite those thoughts is crucial. By encouraging individuals to keep pushing through tough moments, Perry conveys a message of hope and resilience, reminding us that challenging times can lead to a better future if one persists.
In practice
In a motivational speech to inspire youth facing mental health challenges.
Keep your dreams ALIVE. No matter how hard it gets, no matter how many people talk about you; they're going to throw dirt on you but that's alright, when they put you in that box (after your dead), they're going to put dirt on you some more, so that's okay - GO, don't be afraid, have NO FEAR.
I think there's something that happens at 40 where you settle into your own skin and you stop caring what people think - you realize life is a gift from God and you want to live it to the fullest.
My mother was truly my saving grace, because she would take me to church with her. I would see my mother smiling in the choir, and I wanted to know this God that made her so happy. If I had not had that faith in my life, I don't know where I would be right now.
I remember being a kid and praying in the hell of my house to have somebody love me and somebody that I could love.
You close the door on me and tell me I can't, I'm gonna find a way to get in.
If you look at 'The Have and the Have Nots,' I didn't want to write a show where everyone is great and wonderful and perfect. I wanted to write it so that you're not really sure who the haves are. You look at Hanna, and you see that she doesn't have much, but she has great faith.
It is forbidden to go east, but I have gone, forbidden to go on the great river, but I am there. Open your hearts, you spirits, and hear my song.
It is a mistake to look at someone who is self assertive and say, "It's easy for her, she has good self-esteem." One of the ways you build self-esteem is by being self-assertive when it is not easy to do so. There are always times when self-assertiven ess requires courage, no matter how high your self-esteem.
Cancer didn't change me at all. I know lots of people talk about the life revelation. I didn't have that.
I repeat the declaration made a year ago, that 'while I remain in my present position I shall not attempt to retract or modify the emancipation proclamation, nor shall I return to slavery any person who is free by the terms of that proclamation, or by any of the Acts of Congress.' If the people should, by whatever mode or means, make it an Executive duty to re-enslave such persons, another, and not I, must be their instrument to perform it.
No other offense has ever been visited with such severe penalties as seeking to help the oppressed.
If you think somebody cares about you and believes your life is worth saving, how can you give up?
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