On Suicide
I was so shocked to hear the news that prominent newscaster Ted Failon’s wife committed suicide and passed away this week. His wife’s friends think she committed suicide because of financial problems, she had used up all their savings and was too scared to tell Ted.
That is so sad and I just don’t get it. If one has a problem, how huge is it that you would be willing to take your life for it ? How can one just commit suicide like that? Isn’t the thought of leaving your family good enough to make you change your mind? We Filipinos are said to be very resilient and religious. Our belief in the Almighty who loves us makes us even more stronger to face the trials in our lives. So this kind of news really does baffle me why she did it. I am so shocked and very sad for her, her children and her husband too.
Even here in the USA, because of financial problems and layoffs , some people have lost faith and have committed suicides too ! One billionaire took his life, one man killed all members of his family and later killed himself. They think it’s already the end of the world for all of them just because they lost their jobs and are going through financial hardships.
It’s so sad, why take your life just because you are having problems?
My friends, if you have a problem that you think is so huge, what else is there to do but to pray hard and to hang on to the God who has made us and has put us in this world. Everyone of us has his own problem but I believe that God will not give us that problem if He thinks we cannot handle it. He will give you that enormous courage to face life. So even if people has stopped to care for you, even if you feel so alone and scared to live in this cruel world, hang on because God sees our worries and problems and He’ll bail us out in time. So please do not take your life, it’s not ours to take. Let God decide when it’s time for us to go.
“Our life is God’s gift to us, what we do with it , is our gift to God”.
