Snuffed-

These days you read about people committing suicide here and there. There's the 24 y/o young medical student who thinks he's Shakespeare or Casablanca or whatever who committed suicide because he wanted to bless his girlfriend's love for another guy; then there's the 12-year old boy who committed suicide with a shoelace because he couldn't go back to the hometown to spend time with grandmother. Seriously????!!!! WTF is wrong with these people?? What is it with these people that made them do what they did? Or rather, what is it about the society at large that cultivated such people or such "trend", if you will?

I'm asking questions I have no answer to. I doubt anyone does. Quite frankly, in regard to this matter, I am annoyed. And disturbed by the growing rates of suicides - not just in this country but in general. It's not that I'm heartless or have no empathy at all; it's just that my concern on the "trend of things" greatly outweighs my condolences for the families who have to go through this pain of loss. In fact, it's precisely this strong sense of unfairness toward the surviving families that induced this feeling of indignation. Know what I mean? How they belittled the life given to them by their parents! Their moms especially! Who had to go through 10 months of carrying them around, nurturing them, risking their own life for them, etc. … and the sacrifices from both parents go on for way more than just 10 months. All this was dismissed by those who decided, whether on a whim or after contemplating for some time, to end their life right there- for whatever reason they deemed justifiable, just seemed so incredibly irresponsible to me. Maybe I'm being judgmental for saying what I said. Maybe they really did feel such excruciating pain that is on par with that of an end-stage [fill in the blank] metastatic cancer that they just couldn't bear to live any longer. Maybe so. I don't know. But to take their lives so lightly without even reconsidering it and thinking about the repercussions of their actions (and I'm assuming all this- but for good reason, because if they did they wouldn't have jumped the gun), or so much as discussing it with someone? I think that just shows how much how little they value their lives.

Okay. Phew. Enough ranting. All I wanna say is, life is so much more than just that one incident that might have crushed you at that time. Gotta learn how to deal with things when things don't turn out the way you want it to; gotta learn how not to take life too seriously. But at the same time, it shouldn't be taken too lightly as to snuff it out in reaction to any unpleasant situation. After all, everyone will get there, eventually. Why rush into it?

Last but not least, to those "strawberry generation" who needed some sound advice, here it is: suck it up, and deal with it!  Yes, it's free. You're welcome.