A Sad Departure

Life is the most precious gift of God to Mankind.And yet there are these unfortunate accidents that deprive us of this gift and cause a lot of pain to near and dear ones

When the phone rang this morning,little did I expect that it would be the sad news of the death of the son of a close friend of mine - a schoolmate of my secondary school days.

I had no idea of the cause of the death.I knew that the son was about a year older than my own daughter.

I tried to figure out the cause.Could it be due to an incurable disease?An accident?I kept guessing.

When I went to his place,my friend informed me that the young man had committed suicide.A terrible loss.......a person in the spring of his life.Immediately,I asked myself what could have been the reason.Out of consideration for my friend in those moments,I did not ask him the reason.He just mentioned that that there was no indication of the tragedy.It came so suddenly.

This is not the first case of a youth committing the irreparable.In recent times ,there have been a few cases.What drives young people to have recourse to the final solution?

We need to stop and figure out where the problem lies before we have to deplore other tragedies.Life is too beautiful to be wasted...so young.