Suicide, the taking of one's own life, a permanent solution to a temporary problem. Young Ashley Murray went missing and all that was left behind was a suicide note. Suicide is obviously wrong and an unnecessary answer to what is usually a small problem or bump in what could be a long road. The temptation of an easy way out can be alluring, but it solves nothing and only creates more problems for those left behind. In life pain is inevitable, but suffering is optional, when it all comes down to it life is 10% what happens and 90% how you react to it. You can choose to sit down and mope or take the back door out when pain comes knocking or you can get up and embrace it like an old friend and move past it. It is unclear what pain Ashley experience but her reaction to it has become quite clear with her sudden disappearance and a suicide note referencing to a "watery grave" and a stranger "taking her to a deep abyss". It is clear something has strongly affected her emotionally and has pushed her over the edge, but that doesn't mean she should just pack it up and hit the highway to hell or take the staircase to heaven, Life is for living not giving up. And I don't say all this because I'm preachy but I actually do understand this, because unfortunately I've been over the edge once or twice myself. And I'm glad I didn't take that last step because I realized I could take so many more and that they would lead me to much happier times.
And not only that but one must also consider what and whom they are leaving behind in their wake. "The worst part was when it got dark last night," she said. "I just thought, 'She should come home now." The worst part being the not knowing... thats not entirely true. At least with not knowing you can hope t.hat she will come home, can pray that she will come home, but some can't do that. Because they know, they know that there is no coming back from where they've gone. And there is nothing worse than that bone crushing realization and pain. When one commits suicide, they are not only killing themselves but they are also kill a part of all those the leave behind, a small dead spot in their hearts where you used to live. 'I don't know", "I don't know" is what her mother said. What was there for her to know, that her daughter was dead by her own hands, that she was gone forever, or just the slim chance she was still alive despite the suicide note and her sudden disappearance. Suicide is not only the passing of one but the passing of many, it is not only wrong and misguided but selfish as well.
Suicide, where one takes their own life into their hands and cuts it short. It should not be an option for any, because no matter how great the pain is tonight, the sun will always rise in the morning.
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