What to End Before Ending Life

 

Recently couple of world-renowned, respected and successful celebrities took their life. For someone who doesn’t know what they were going through, it will be impossible to understand why they did it. It is not anybody’s business (especially mine) to make judgements on their life and death. I won’t do that.

But the untoward incidents have got me thinking and somewhat disturbed. The best way of catharsis I know is writing. Hence this post. I’m not writing this as a preaching for someone else. I’m writing this to feel better.

Is there anything more precious than life? I think no. The thing about taking one’s life is that it leaves no options after that. By logic then it should be last resort. If one really has to end, there are alternatives to consider and try out before going to the point of no return.

Like what?

1. End falsehood — By telling a truth I have been hiding all this while or acknowledging a lie I have been telling.
2. End pride — By requesting for help where I need it or apologizing for something I shouldn’t have done.
3. End jealousy — By celebrating and feeling good on someone else’s success.
4. End ignorance — By admitting something I don’t know or by willing to learn something I don’t know.
5. End pettiness — By giving away to others in cash, kind and knowledge.
6. End ego — By admitting where all I have failed.
7. End selfishness — By helping others in as many ways as I can.
8. End expectation — By allowing things, people and circumstances to be exactly as they are.
9. End lethargy — By taking a concrete action.
10. End fear — By facing it in the eye.
11. End thanklessness — By showing gratitude for everything that I got.

Ending the above things may open up doors, pathways, experiences and wisdom which gives a new direction and meaning to life.

May there be peace and light!

PS. Originally published on June 12, 2018 on Medium.