My Carolina Panthers are scheduled to play a football game tomorrow against the Kansas City Chiefs.
The game does not matter.
It's not because Carolina is bad (3-8). It's not because Kansas City is worse (1-10). In the overall NFL picture, neither team matters this season. Sadly, there is a much more sobering reminder that this is just a game.
Kansas City police have this morning confirmed that a 25 year old Chiefs player has committed suicide at the team's facility. As I write, the player's name has not been released. There are reports that the player may have killed his girlfriend first. There are reports that some coaches may have confronted the player and/or witnessed the incident. I'm sure all of the facts will come out in time.
This is being widely reported and followed by the public because it involves a pro athlete in the most popular sports league in America. The reality is suicide affects multitudes people every day, in every walk of life.
And it shouldn't.
Many have said that "suicide is not the way out." The truth is that suicide IS a way out. If you commit suicide, you are out. Others often refer to suicide as "the easy way out." This obviously is not true, however, for whatever family members and friends remain to deal with the aftermath. I have said it before, and I will say it again. Suicide gets you out, but it screws over everybody that you love and care for who is left behind.
There is an inherent problem within that last sentence though. Actually, it should say that you screw over everybody that loves you and that cares for you. I believe, and will believe until my dying day, that if you kill yourself, there is nobody that you truly love. There is nobody that you truly care about...other than yourself. Once you do this, your problems are over, but your death affects them greatly, and affects them every day for the rest of their lives. Meanwhile, you no longer have to deal with, well anything really.
It is the epitome of selfishness.
It's not worth it. If suicide is something you are considering, please talk to somebody. Then talk to somebody else. Then talk to many other people. Get help. There are people who will work through things with you and can help you find answers.
Ultimately, suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. (I know someone else coined that phrase, but I can't remember who to credit for it.) There is always, ALWAYS another solution.
Scripture: The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. A righteous man may have many troubles, but the Lord delivers him from them all. Psalm 34:18-19
Quote: "No society can prosper if it aims at making things easier-instead it should aim at making people stronger!!" - Ashoka
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