soothesun:

Jonghyun and SHINee don’t deserve to be remembered only by this tragedy. Jonghyun was an advocate for so many topics that Koreans were mum about and created music that spread his message far and wide. SHINee are legends in their own right. They sold out stadiums and tried out new genres of music that other artists had never done. Their music made so many people happy. Jonghyun deserves to be remembered as a person who cared for others even when he was hurting, he was selfless. SHINee deserves to be remembered as a groundbreaking group who broke countless records and paved the way for future groups. SHINee and Jonghyuns work will not go down in vain. Shinee are forever 5. SHINee will forever be one.

jjonghyun:

i think…. with jonghyun, you see how powerful depression can be, how heavily it can alter someone’s perspective of reality, and their beliefs about themselves. this was a man who always made it his mission to help others feel loved, understood. this was someone who was kind, gentle, and fought for those who didn’t have a voice. but still he hated himself, thought he wasn’t worth living. 

i think, that if you can learn anything from this, learn this: if you are depressed and feel like you are rotten from the inside, if you feel like you’ve never helped anyone, feel like you don’t deserve the love you receive, remember how brightly he shone, and i promise you that’s how brightly you shine too. remember that under your clouds of depressive thoughts, no matter how impossibly thick they may seem, is the real you, dazzling, and that you are worth living and loving and being loved. 

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