Suicide! Not an option for me!

This is my small step towards making the world Suicide free... As we can see every now and then news flashes of someone committing a serious crime(YES a crime!  taking life is a crime be it of self)...I have a simple citation to escape this 

"If you cannot give life to yourself, then how can you take your life?" 

This is a conversation between some friends from the so-called suicide capital of India "Kota" on the eve of World Suicide Prevention Day...(10th of September).

Vishal: You know what today is 10 September.

Vishu: Yes! So what’s so special about it?

Vishal: Don’t say you don’t know…. (scrolling his news feed)

Vishu: Oh! yes! Today is the day when Osama must have made the final adjustments for executing 9/11…

Neelu: You morons! Today is World Suicide Prevention Day …

Vishu and Vishal: Oh! What’s this day?  Never came across such day before….

Neelu: (Glancing at Wikipedia) World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD) is an awareness day observed on 10 September every year, in order to provide worldwide commitment and action to prevent suicides, with various activities around the world since 2003. The International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP), collaborates with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the World Federation for Mental Health, to host World Suicide Prevention Day. In 2011 an estimated 40 countries held awareness events to mark the occasion.The United Nations issued ‘National Policy for Suicide Prevention’ in the 1990s which some countries use as a basis for their suicide policies.

Vishu: The stats are too threatening… I am afraid of all these.

Vishal: How could one be so coward to give away his/her life so easily. One must consider all the aspects before taking such steps…

Neelu: As we all know, we all are interdependent on each other, it creates lots of problems even if one of us is missing!!!

Vishal: How would parents feel to lose their child at such a tender age just because of stress due to exams? It’s really depressing !!!

Vishu: Yes! you guys are right one should not give away his/her life just because of problems… I mean who doesn’t have problems in their life? No one is perfect… All suffer from problems!

Vishal: No must need to get over all these problems. I cannot imagine leaving my family and friends alone and giving away my life just to be free…

Neelu: Friend on this auspicious occasion let us sign a pact? What you suggest?

Vishu and Vishal: Pact? About what?

Neelu: The pact goes like this …(speak with me)

"Whatsoever is the situation,
 We won’t ever consider Suicide as an option.
 We will try harder and won’t be coward,
 We live once and will enjoy it till death!!!"

(All of them and other people on that day pledged to be suicide free… Till now the plan is working fine.. let’s hope for the best in future too…)

Nicolas Sparks

P.S.: I want all of you to take the same oath in the comment section below and join hands against Suicides... I wish none of my you take this kind of step… Please feel free to talk to me or any other person if suffering from depression… I am sure that it will help you and will decrease suicidal tendency… Wishing a safe life ahead to all  


-Utkarsh Sharma