1. SUICIDE IS NOT THE ANSWER
Suicide seems to have become the ‘ in thing’ among the youth of today, but l believe suicide
is not the answer to any problem because what the departed does is pass on all the problems
to the surviving spouse. Suicide is one form of selfishness that should not be encouraged. As
l was sitting one day at home, l got a message on whatsapp about a student that has recently
committed suicide and some few days back have been talking to my cousin who was telling
me about her aunt’s son who has also committed suicide. This really touched me that l asked
myself what can be done about this? What has this world turned into that people no longer
have fear for death? That is when l found myself writing this article hoping that it would help
at least one if not a lot of youth to remove suicidal thoughts from their minds no-matter what
the problem may be. If we can look in the Bible from the book of Ecclesiastes, the writer
talks about everything being vanity, that there is a time and a season for everything in this
life. Thus, there is no situation that is permanent in life. No matter how difficult things may
be, we should always remember that it shall come to pass.
Death is a natural part of life, it is mearnt to be that way. Murder and suicide are highly
offensive to the gods of Karma, and for one to take their own lives, is to question the wisdom
of God and the devine life force. When death occurs naturally through no faults of our own,
our souls are able to progress in life. When someone commits such a heinous crime against
nature such as suicide, they stump their spiritual growth. Suicide, as we all know is a
permanent solution to a temporary problem, and problems are mearnt to keep us on our toes
and there is not an issue that is larger than life. One wise man once said, ‘the greatest glory
lies not in falling, but rising everytime we fall’ that is Mandela. Thus we should not let
circumstances that surround us to mould us into people God did not intend us to be. There is
not a man, woman or situation that is worth taking your life over and if that is the effect that
someone has on you whether you are with them or not, you do not need them in your life.
In addition, when a person takes their own life, they not only damage their physical body,
but they damage their souls as well. One should love yourself, be true to yourself, live your
life with God like principles, set attainable goals, create a plan and follow through. Work on
yourself spiritually, emotionally, physically and most of all, make your well being a priority,
in doing so you will enable someone to make you a priority in their life as well. There is
nothing more unattractive than a needy, clingy individual. work your magic and come from a

2. place of strength and above everything, do not be afraid to ask for the help that you need.
Dean once said, ‘dream as if you will live forever and live as if we will die tomorrow.’ We
live this life once and time is something we can’t reverse and for that reason, we have to
make hay while the sun still shines and make our dreams a reality. Suicide is not an answer to
any challenge. Be brave and resilient enough to embrace whatever thing that life may throw
us. Someone once told me that a busy life makes prayer harder and a prayer life makes a
busy life easy, meaning to say that after all has been said and done, we need god in our lives
and we cannot do anything without him because......it all belongs to Him.