Are you battling with a suicidal thought today? MR HOPE
promises to give you the antidote. He said if you give up on him, you wouldn’t
live to see tomorrow’s glory and the fulfillment of that great dream of yours.
Again I ask you, why should you take the precious life you haven’t created?
From this short story, you should learn why you don’t need to
commit that suicide even when the challenges seem so tensed that
you feel like
giving up.
In happened in a small village some years back; there were
three friends and they were all farmers,
FARMER “A” has been doing extremely fine with
his farming. He has been enjoying tremendous yield year in year out. However,
one day a disaster struck his farmland in this fateful year. He was shocked and
couldn’t bear the sudden tragic event. He thought the worst that can ever
happen to a man has happened to him. He looked up questioning and blaming God
for his misfortune. He thought there was
no way he can withstand the shame that he was once rich but no more. He gave up
on hope and destroyed the remaining part of his farm with his own hands.
FARMER “B” has had a mix of success in his
farming. Sometimes the yields came out good, and sometimes it was the otherwise.
He has been complaining all his life that why was his own life turning out that
way, in a hap-hapzard manner. He spent most of his time comparing his life with
FARMER A, whose life has been somewhat smooth. On this fateful year, the tragic
event that struck also affected his own farmland. He also couldn’t bear going
from bad to worse. He used the excuse of this incident to blame his Creator for
creating him to face all these misfortunes. He said to himself, “well, things
have not been smooth for me, and now that situations have even gotten from bad
to worse, let me destroy the left farmland, and he did”.
FARMER “C” was a different case because all his
life, he hardly enjoyed success in his farming. He worked and struggled the
most but always got the worst and the poorest yield. Things had gone from bad to worse for him
on several occasions. This farmer was wise enough not to give up on hope. He
believed since there was life, there was hope. He continued to persevere and he
endured all his challenges. This fateful year also, the tragic event struck his
farm, but this man remain ever resilient. He worked tirelessly, and spent some
of his time to figure out why and where the challenges are coming from, and how
he could maneuver his way out. He refused to destroy the little portion of the
land that was left.
Hmmm, the
subsequent year came and it was a year of blessing, increase, favor, grace,
opportunity, to mention a few. It was only the FARMER “C” that had a portion to
plant crops at the turn of the year, while the other two were left with
frustration and regret.
This farmland is like your life. You won’t be able to witness
the turn-around year when the blessing would flow, if you have terminated it by
suicide. And in the so called AFTERLIFE, all you would be left with is eternal
frustration and regret. Please be wise and be strong enough to overcome the
temptation of suicide. HOPE IS ALIVE IF YOU WOULD STAY ALIVE.
Watch out for the part Three…
BY: OLUKAYODE FADAIRO
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