I use parts of my life as touchstones -- a note a friend wrote me, a motivational episode of my favorite show, a keepsake from someone i care about. it's all tacky and sentimental, but the little things that keep me going remind me ive been to this dark place before, and i kept going then. For me, it's a necklace from my mother that she got for her sixteenth birthday and then passed down to me for mine, and a letter a close friend wrote to me, about a year ago, when i was at one of my lowest points. remembering that there are people who care about me and would want me to push forward, or who believe in my strength more than i do reminds me of my reason to keep going.