Since when has suicide become the easy way out for people who are not happy with their lives? Life is never a straight road, it is full of curves and bends and ups and downs. One moment you get some good news and the next moment it might turn into bad. What is next - a boy dying because his father didn't buy him a bike? Oh, wait that has already happened. Yes, a boy who had recently passed his 10th board exam had asked his father for a bike. His father refused as his son was underage for driving. A few hours later, he walks into his son's room to find him hanging from the ceiling. Think what is going through his father's mind - If only he had agreed to buy his son a bike this would never have happened. Just because the boy chose the cowardly path of ending his life doesn't mean he can make his old man suffer; that is just plain selfish.
So what if your boss is too harsh on you for not meeting the improbable targets. So what if your marriage is in shambles and your spouse is cheating on you with some other ruggedly handsome guy / beautiful chick. So what if you did not turn out to be the prodigy everyone thought you would be. Everyone can feel depressed and disappointed in some of the life-choices made by/for them. I mean the counselors are not exactly idiots for studying 3-4 years and then charging people for solving their life-crises.
So if you think that because your life is not worth living, it is better to end it, well think again. There are beggars on the road who are not able to provide a shelter for their family or get one square meal a day. I don't see them whining and committing suicide. They do have much bigger problems than you do.
I would like to give an example of a friend of mine - Goutham Choudhary, who always counted the positives in life. When we were kids, we were caught in school and to set an example for the other students, we were being punished in front of the entire school, our parents were being called and I wanted to dig a deep hole and get myself buried in it. I looked at him and he gave me a wink and smiled. He told me something which I use as a mantra for all the bad situations I fall in " Just thought of the worst possible outcome that could arise from this situation and it is really not as bad as it seems, I mean what is the maximum that can happen dude..."
Every time I get into trouble or feel depressed, I ask myself - " What is the maximum that could happen " and the result is always more comforting and better than what I had originally foreseen.
