Welcome to Let It Be Easy with Susie Moore.

I would like to share with you today an ad that I saw that was very powerful. It was for a UK

mental health organization and I saw that it had been viewed millions of times and shared a lot and I thought,

aha, this is hitting a nerve and striking a chord because it's true and we need to be conscious of this. In the ad put simply there are two men at what looks to be like a football game or a soccer game.

And one is, you know, look, he's clearly supporting his friend who's struggling. He's cheerful, he's joyful, he wants to engage his friend, who seems withdrawn, he looks sad, he doesn't seem engaged in life. He's biting his nails.

He's not standing up to cheer when a goal is hit.

And you see this a few times, a few different takes, a few few different games you can tell the seasons are

changing and look one guy's he's struggling and his friend is just being so good trying

to lift him up you can tell he's just really trying to include his friend and make him feel happy.

This then cuts to the final scene in the ad, which is the man who's appeared with drawn this whole time, showing up to the game and an empty chair beside him.

And then it says something like, you know, struggling, mental health, looks different for everyone.

Check on your strong friend.

I thought this was so powerful because it's so easy to judge by someone's

appearance. If they appear joyful, everything must be going great. If they're even

a bit withdrawn, they must be struggling.

We simply don't know what's going on inside of a person.

Just because someone presents a certain way or appears strong or appears

happy and cheerful and is engaging in caring about others outwardly, we don't

know what's going on within them.

So maybe a thought that we could share together today is, are we checking in on the people,

not just the people who are open about their struggles

or the people who we know are going through

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