A Tamil lyricist, Mr. Vairamuthu gave an anecdote.

"A father decided to commit suicide with family. He listed all possible ways of committing suicide and asked the family to choose one. (I am not giving the list deliberately, for obvious reasons)

Then a child of the family asked the father, 'Father, when there are these many ways for death, can't there be a single means to live'

The family got inspired by this and found a way to live.

Let there be hope on the face of the earth.

Regards

Hannah

I have worked at a psychiatric hospital for the past 10 years and have spoken with hundreds of patients who had decided that the best choice for them was to kill themselves. I am a Cognitive Behavioral Therapist and therefore I asked them what thinking brought them to that conclusion.  Every single one told me they believed three things to be true. "I am worthless, there is no hope, and I have no purpose." Some people had been abused as children by their caretakers and felt worthless as a result of being told so. Other were fine until they did something, failed to do something, or something happened to them which resulted in the conclusion that they were worthless. People concluded that their efforts to make their lives better was hopeless after making efforts that failed to improve life. People had lost the ability to pursue what they believed to be their sole purpose in life or never thought they had a purpose. Some people would tell me that could tell that others cared about them, but felt that they were just a burden to them, and that they would be better off if the burden of caring was removed by suicide. These three irrational beliefs can be deadly and should be challenged.

Thanks Mr. Stephen.  It is said, even a smile at all those who we meet is a big social service.  It gives  them hope and make them feel that they are admired and cared about.