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G r a te fu l for m y 2n d Ch a n ce !

July 20, 2017

De ar Musicians/Frie nd s,

This le tte r is to all o f yo u, e ve ry artist that has p icke d up a p e n o r a p ick, turne d

yo ur d e e p e st tho ug hts o r fe e ling s into lyrics, and re ache d fo r that mic to g ive
us yo ur e ve rything in a so ng that we have mad e o ur anthe m in so me way. To
all o f yo u, I want to say thank yo u and yo u are lo ve d .

I am writing yo u this le tte r no t just to say thank yo u, b ut to te ll yo u ho w much o f

an imp act yo u have mad e o n my life , a life that I am lucky and g rate ful to have .

2017 Is shap ing up to b e the wo rse ye ar in my musical life , lo sing Chris Co rne ll
was ab so lute ly d e vastating . Ho we ve r to d ay, lo sing Che ste r Be nning to n is e arth
shatte ring I, like many o the rs, p raye d that it was a ho rrib le mistake , b ut with
co nfirmatio ns co ming o ut, my sho ck se t in and I was at a lo ss; I sat the re
fig hting b ack te ars fo r a man that I have ne ve r me t, b ut who se so ng s imp acte d
me in such a way that no wo rd s co uld e ve r d e scrib e . It was the n that I re alize d I
ne e d e d to try and d o so me thing to ho p e fully p re ve nt ano the r g re at trag e d y.

Many p e o p le are q uick to jud g e so me o ne fo r taking the ir o wn life ; accuse

the m o f b e ing se lfish, o r co ward ice If tho se p e o p le o nly kne w ho w d e sp e rate
o r te rrib le yo u fe e l in the mo me nt yo u cho o se to d o it, mayb e the y wo uld nt b e
so harsh? So I sit he re to d ay o n the o the r sid e o f that arg ume nt.
I sit he re to d ay as so me o ne who atte mp te d to take he r o wn life , and was save d
b y a family me mb e r who fo und me b e fo re it was to o late and I am so g rate ful
that she d id .

I sit he re to d ay to te ll yo u that if yo u are fe e ling like I was that d ay, I p ro mise

yo u so me o ne is the re fo r yo u, and so me o ne lo ve s yo u imme nse ly, and yo u
wo uld b e d e e p ly misse d ! As cliche as it is, this to o shall p ass As so me o ne
who use s music to think and fe e l, so much to the p o int I have said I b le e d
music no te s, I b e g yo u, p le ase re ach o ut and ask fo r he lp .

Music is a g ift, its a unive rsal lang uag e , and so me time s yo ur lyrics are o ur
vo ice s. I ho p e yo u kno w ho w much yo u to uch o ur live s so whe n we lo se yo u,
we fe e l like we are lo sing a b e st frie nd , o r in so me case s, o ur vo ice . Ple ase
kno w ho w much yo ur g ifts me an to the p e o p le aro und yo u, and the imp rint
that yo u le ave o n this wo rld . The re is no thing that is to o b ig to o ve rco me , as
ho p e le ss as it may fe e l in the mo me nt. I can te ll yo u first hand , yo u will
o ve rco me it, yo u will b e hap p y ag ain, and so g rate ful that yo u have yo ur life . It
may no t b e to mo rro w, it may no t e ve n b e ne xt ye ar, b ut the d ay will co me !

Linkin Park is a b and I have liste ne d to fo r 17 ye ars, e ve ry so ng , e ve ry riff, b e at,

and e ve ry lyric has p ulle d me thro ug h so me so rt o f life e ve nt, and has to uche d
my music b le e d ing he art. The lo ss o f this b and and this man to an avo id ab le
trag e d y is what hurts the mo st. Thus, if my le tte r to yo u re mind s yo u in any way
that yo u are no t alo ne , and that we are all he re fo r yo u, my g o al is
acco mp lishe d , and Che ste rs d e ath will have g ive n us, o ne mo re lig ht.

**Natio nal Suicid e Pre ve ntio n Life line 1-800-273-TALK(8255) **

Since re ly yo urs,

Music is my e ve rything !
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