Always Keep Fighting – Backup bloh

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All I can say is finally. After three years of waiting and planning, I finally got my first tattoo. :’) Since the day the AKF campaign came out I knew it was going to be an important part of my life and something that I’d want to remember forever. I can’t say the campaign, or Jared, saved my life because I have my own reasons for deciding to stick around. I can say that Jared and the Always Keep Fighting campaign inspired me, gave me hope, and proved me to that good things happen if I am here long enough to experience them. I am so incredibly happy with how it turned out, and am so thankful I’ll always have this reminder to stay strong. #AKF

lipglosskaz:

191/1000000 why i love jared : You are inspirational. ଘ(੭ ᐛ )♡

chelseajadexo:

“If you know anyone who is struggling, please, tell them to always keep fighting.”
Buy one of Jared’s “Always Keep Fighting” shirts here.

jaredsnuggles:

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jaredpadaleckidaily:

@jarpad: It’s #GivingTuesday & a few hours to get your #AKF Holiday merch before it’s gone forever:) https://represent.com/store/jared?code=AKF15OFF …

tinymiisha:

when i’m feeling down i always draw sam saying cute stuff and it makes me feel better, thought you might need it too :)) xx
i drew the first one on my book this morning, the second one is a redraw from my sketchbook (i used a reference for that).

– April 3rd, 2016 –

It’s been two years. A total of 730 days and I have yet to have a week (or a day if i’m honest) that I don’t think about the experience I had at DcCon in 2016. I’ve made several posts about it before, but I never feel like it’s enough. To truly explain. So that’s why i’m gonna keep on talking about it, that one moment that has had a lasting impact on my life, the one I’ll be forever trying to find the words to say just how moving it was to me. This is pretty good start I’d guess.

It’s after midnight, which means it is officially April third and what I am quietly celebrating as the day I saw my future. I can’t do this without being a little dramatic and it’s making me cringe just writing it so feel free to click away. But seriously. April 3rd was the day I had promised myself that I needed to live to see, at a time I wasn’t sure I was gonna live to see the end of that week. Just one weekend, still several months away, but if I could find a way to hold on until then no matter what happens, I was gonna meet Jared. I was gonna be able to see Jared one more time and then if after that weekend I couldn’t find anything else to hold on to then so be it, at least I’d been able to see him one more time. Now this wasn’t the only thing I’d convinced myself to hold out for, and even at my lowest and most suicidal some part of still wanted to live because I kept coming up with things I had be alive for. But the convention was definitely the biggest. And if i’m honest, the convention could have gone by as uneventful a convention can and I probably would have still found some meaning in it, in any interaction I had with Jared because he means that much to me. But it didn’t. It was larger than anything i’d ever dreamed.

In the VIP meet and greet, not only had I drawn to sit next to Jared, I was able to ask him a question. And it was less about the question I asked that meant so much to me, but the way he answered it. In that short conversation, he made me feel heard. He made me feel just completely understood. In those two minutes, he validated very single hope I had been holding onto for the past few months, and sparked new ones for the future. It made me realize that there are things in my life worth living for, and that there are things I will need to be alive to see, because they’re bigger than anything I could have imagined. That no matter the pain I am going through, there are moments like those, of pure happiness and warmth that I have yet to experience. And they will make the months of hurt and pain feel so distant and so small, giving me the strength I need to get through them when they come again. And the crazy thing is? All it took was two minutes, just 120 seconds. That’s it. The entirety of the time it took for me to realize I wanted to see my story to the end. So while I can’t say Jared is the reason I am still alive, I know for sure I can say he is a huge part of why I realized life is worth living.

Me and all my AKF merch because today is an important day!

3 years ago, Jared started the Always Keep Fighting movement. I am still just as inspired by it today as I was the day he announced it. Through Jared and the campaign, I have realized the importance of life, of living for the future even if you’re not sure you want it. Because there were moments (and more still to come!) that made me so unbelievably overjoyed to be alive. I have realized the support that can come with sharing your struggles. I feel blessed to be part of something that has made such a tangible difference in so many people’s lives. So here’s to me and here’s to you, whoever you may be; that you find strength in everyday life, are unafraid to reach out when that strength eludes you, and that you will Always Keep Fighting💗

likestarsonearthj2:

“I hope [the “Always Keep Fighting” campaign] helps people realize that they shouldn’t be ashamed of what they are going through…I hope it helps people take pride in the fight that they have been fighting, and gives them a push to never give up or give in. I hope it helps inspire people to keep fighting. No matter how hard it is.“ – Jared Padalecki