Life is Worth Living
Today another young man in my children’s school took his life. (This is not the first, and it is the second that my daughter has known well.) Some people on Facebook were commenting on this tragedy…we were trying to understand why children feel the need to take their lives.
There never seems a good reason. Therapists and counselors tell us children don’t understand the consequences of their actions…We still don’t get it. We can’t comprehend.
To us, life seems worth living no mater what. And there are people all over the world living in poverty, in pain, with illness, without homes, suffering from tragedies of all sorts (think Haiti, Chili, Katrina, 9/11, etc.), and yet they find reasons to go on. They find meaning in their lives.
How can we impress upon our youth that they have value, or that their lives have more value if they continue living them–no matter what problems or issues they face?
Remind your children that they have value–whether they succeed or fail, whether they go to college or choose to drop out of high school, whether they use their talents or allow them to dwindle away. Love your children…and help them see their value and the value in living–even through the tough times. Teach them to live through the tough times.
Life is worth living…
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