Choose Life – Anti Suicide by Olamide Adenuga
There is but one step between life
and death.
It is sad, but the truth is that as
human beings, we have come to the point where we choose; should I live or
should I die? Should I take my life or should I let it be? The pressures of
life at times brings us to our knees, that we no longer see the way forward, we
no longer see light at the end of the tunnel, but please my dear friend, no matter what has happened to you or is
happening to you, no matter what the pressure is, no matter what you are going
through or what is going through you, I ADVICE YOU ALWAYS CHOOSE LIFE.
We meet people everywhere, everyday,
but we don’t know what’s going on in the minds of these folk, we don’t know who
is on the brink of taking his/her life, that the right words of encouragement
will make such a person have a change of mind, my favorite book says; “a word
fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver”. Don’t let that
pretty dress fool you, don’t let the smile on that lady’s face fool you that
she has it all together, don’t let the confidence on that young man’s face fool
you, dude may have a lot of pressure all bottled up inside, all the appearances
may be nothing but a façade.
Suicide has always been from time
immemorial, but in recent times, it has become a disturbing, a really
disturbing trend. Almost every now and then we have repeated instances, it
could be outright, it could be attempted, but
the statistics are really scary, not because life itself is scary, but because
someone somewhere chose to give up on life. My dear friend, don’t give up
on yourself, don’t throw in the towel,
please I advice that you choose life.
A young and promising doctor jumped
into the lagoon, a final year student decided to hang himself in his room, a
young bank executive approved some loan and things went south, he couldn’t take
the pressure and he took his own life, a young lady was jilted, she couldn’t
handle it, so decided to poison herself, so many of such cases. Fine, the
pressures are there, pressures are always on us in life, but always have in
mind that; “when there is life, there is hope”.
Someone reading this piece is
probably telling me to shut up; “What does he even know? It’s not easy for me
at all; he doesn’t know what I am going through. Don’t tell me, be strong, be a
man, take it. See Olamide, you don’t know what I am taking”. Sir, I still
advice you choose life, there are people who are going through worse and they
are still fighting, they are hoping, they are believing. See it as just a dark moment in your life, it will come to pass. If I
can make it through the night, there is a brighter day.
And to folk having it really good at
the moment, please accept my congratulations; things are going well in your
favour, business is moving on really smooth, your kitchen sink doesn’t stink,
hooray comes out of your water fountain, and flowers grow right on the tiles of
your living room. But when pressure comes, no one is immune; you only have to
stay strong and positive at all times. I once heard of a rich man who took a
heavy loan to expand his business, but things went against the run of play, the
tides rose against the business, he suffered a shipwreck, he couldn’t take it
anymore and he decided to put a bullet in his own brain. So no one is immune,
stay strong, be optimistic, and be positive.
So please no matter what you face in
life, I implore you, I beseech you, I plead with you, I beg of you to choose
life always no matter what; be it you lost a job, business gone bad, jilted in
a relationship, you were duped, your hopes were dashed, overwhelming family
pressures, expectations truncated suddenly, whatever it may be, PLEASE DO NOT QUIT LIVING.
You have the power to say THIS IS NOT HOW MY STORY WILL END. I'm no therapist but I promise you this: I will listen. I will care. You can always talk to me.
Don't give up because of one bad chapter in your life. Keep going... Your story doesn't end here.
Always be positive, and believe that good things will come for you. YOU
WILL WIN!
Olamide
Adenuga is a Nigerian who believes that
the right mentality can power anyone to success; an ideas man who is out to
transform people and places he comes in contact with.
He is a Speaker, a Writer, a Brand Specialist,
a T.V Host, an O.A.P, a Public Relations Consultant, a Blogger, and blessed
with the ability to EFFECTIVELY
MULTITASK. Lamide has featured
on Radio and Television shows severally. He is a Seasoned Trainer, Conference Speaker and a Public Relations Specialist who has
written articles in various newspapers, journals and magazines. A Personal Effectiveness columnist in OVATION International Magazine, and
the Publisher of PLUSH Magazine.
He
is also a Television host with his Motivational telecast, “MAKING THINGS HAPPEN” on WAP
TV, DSTV Channel 262. GO TV Channel
102. Startimes Channel 116 on Mondays,
Wednesdays, Fridays. 8.25am. Some of my short motivational videos (4-5 minutes) are available on youtube
at… www.youtube/olamide adenuga.
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this is life saving
ReplyDeletethis is life
ReplyDeleteeverybody needs this
ReplyDeletehow I wish this message can go round the world, this will save many needless deaths, people killing themselves. God bless you sir
ReplyDeleteI always watch your program on dstv, it's short and inspirational
ReplyDeleteI almost gave up on life, but God saved me
ReplyDeleteAmazing. God bless your wisdom
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