The last 3 months I became very sick and had started to experience heavy depression because of my working circumstances and the sudden  illness I had experienced.

I have a very tight working schedule and because of my illness I was not able to do my work effectively any more.With this had I started to experience a lot of financial strain too.

Things got worse at home, the stress I had to endure just caught up on me. Last week Thursday I was planning to commit suicide. I just could not face my life no more. Things were to much for me to handle.

​It is by the grace of God that I was invited to attend the Ceremony that matron had organized and invited me to be there to. 
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When I had heard the beautiful, inspirational words that you had shared with us I just knew that I have enough reason to live and that as you have said to everybody: Keep on Keeping on and Never Give up. These exact words saved my life. 
To be honored with the “Who I Am Makes A Difference”® Blue Ribbon saved my life.

I want to thank you and just tell you that I will never forget how you changed my life in a minute or less. I am a new man, I know that I still have to face things, but I have more courage and I know now that there is hope for me too. I knew that now I was going to make it. You are a true angel send from heaven, thank you so much.

Frank Crous - Quality Assurance Manager
Zuid-Afrikaans Hospital – South Africa
10 November 2014 ·