I wish to COMMIT SUICIDE: I am 17 and have lost all hopes in my life.
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These are some words our eyes and ears have gone used to. You can get to read them in bulk on almost every social platform be it Quora, FB etc. and it's no surprise these days, if any of your friends or siblings come to you and utter one of these.
It's really heartbreaking and awestrucking experience when a 17 year old asks you
"I am 17, having lost all hopes in my life, I wish to commit suicide. What should I do?"
This article of mine is dedicated to that 17 year old teenager and to all those out there who are experiencing difficulties and disparities in or other sphere of their lives.
TWO STORIES
First
Recalling the very staggering and bloodcurdling sequence from the box-office hit 3- idiots,
where a brilliant student successfully attempts a RF aircraft for his final year project, which when he shows to the college principal, gets ruthlessly rejected and a very short dead line is then given to him to create an entirely new project & he is warned that if he fails to do so he 'FAILS'.
The boy under tremendous pressure, dismay, frustration, hangs himself! commits suicide!
THE END
A similar episode once took place at Madras Institute of Technology. A young talented engineering student was assigned a project to design a low-level attack aircraft, together with 4 colleagues.
The boy started off with his team putting in every effort to make the best design. One day the director of the institute reviews his progress and declares it dismal & disappointing.
The boy offered score of excuses but none moved the professor. The professor with no-mercy, said "It's Friday after noon, I give you three days, if by Monday morning I don't get it on my table your scholarship stands terminated".
The boy was dumbstruck, as if all of a sudden whole of his world came to a shattering, as if his breathes were snatched from him, coming from a weak financial background, his only life line- The Scholarship. And an impossible looking deadline.
No Hopes! No Escape! Dark!
What happened next?
The boy abandoned all foods and rest & continued to work day and night with all his might and after sweating his guts out when he was about to finish his project on the Sunday morning, he felt someone else's presence in his room, the institute director it was! who after inspecting his work hugged him, patted his back & said "I knew I was putting you under stress & asking you to meet a very difficult deadline. I never expected you to perform so well".
and later this young boy got his recognition as the people's president, the missile man, yes! the young boy was none other than the legendary scientist, former president of India Late Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.
Second
Nick Vujicic: a man with no limbs who teaches people how to get up.
Shocked? I was too. He was born in Melbourne, Australia with the rare tetra-amelia disorder: limbless missing both arms at shoulder level and having one small foot with toes protruding from his left thigh.
Despite the absence of limbs, doing surfing & swimming & playing golf & soccer.
Nick graduated at the age of 21 with a double major in Accounting and Financial planning. He began his travels as a motivational speaker, focusing on the topics that today's teenagers face.
Why is it that in the same situation with very little hope to succeed two young students acted so differently? why is it that in a condition in which most of the people will hate themselves & wish to end their lives, Nick is not only enjoying his life but spreading the message of hope in the entire world.
I define the reason in 5 words.
-COURAGE, PERSEVEARANCE, HARDWORK, and PAITENCE-
The greatest of all human qualities is that of becoming unstoppable, and you become unstoppable when you refuse to quit no matter what happens.
Make it a point in your life no matter how big a problem, how hard a time you have! they are always too small in front of you, the god created the whole universe, and he created you and he only created those problems and for this you are born with all the capabilities to survive them.
You were given your life because you are strong enough to live it, you can always stand up like a warrior and battle the adversities off and be victorious like A.P.J. Abdul Kalam & Nick Vujicic or you can be a real coward, you can choose the easiest path, you can choose to quit, you can end with every difficulty in just one shot of a bullet or hanging yourself for few minutes.
The choice is always yours!
History is theirs whose language is the sun.
Some beautiful lines by famous Hindi poet Neeraj are coming to my mind-
छिप-छिप अश्रु बहाने वालों, मोती व्यर्थ बहाने वालों,
कुछ सपनों के मर जाने से जीवन नहीं मार करता है.
सपना क्या है नयन सेज पर सोया हुआ आँख का पानी,
और टूटना है उसका ज्यों जागे कच्ची नींद जवानी,
गीली उम्र बनाने वालों, डूबे बिना नहाने वालों,
कुछ पानी के बह जाने से सावन नहीं मार करता है.
खोता कुछ भी नहीं यहाँ पर, केवल जिल्द बदलती पोथी,
जैसे रात उतार चांदनी पहने सुबह धुप की धोती,
वस्त्र बदल के आने वालों, चाल बदल के जाने वालों,
चन्द खिलौनों के खोने से बचपन नहीं मार करता है.
लूट लिया माली ने उपवन, लूटी न लेकिन गंध फूल की,
तूफानों ने तक छेड़ा पर, खिड़की बन्द न हुई धुल की,
नफरत गले लगाने वालों, सब पर धुल उड़ाने वालों !
कुछ मुखड़ों की नाराज़ी से दर्पण नहीं मार करता है.
And last but not the least a special note for the wise elderly readers:
'Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts, for they have their own thoughts - Khalil Gibran
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