Not So Easy This Way Out
by on January 10th, 2010
filed under About Life
The other day we got some sad news.
A friend, a father of #1 son’s teammate, a good man, hung himself in his home.
He left behind a wife and three children. And he left everyone who knew him asking- Why?
Why would a man who seemed to have it all- a successful business, a loving family, a nice home, and good friends- kill himself? What was so painful, so awful that the only way out was death? What was the breaking point? Why didn’t he tell someone? Why didn’t he ask for help?
No one will ever really know the answers to those questions. And maybe that’s as it should be.
If we knew the answer, would it make his lose any easier? If he did reach out for help but didn’t take it, would knowing that make his lose hurt less? If we could assign blame, direct our anger elsewhere, would we be less angry with him for taking the easy way out?
I hope he found the solace he was seeking, the peace he needed. I hope his family, in time, will treasure their moments with him and that their memories of him will only bring them comfort, not pain.
And I hope if you are thinking about suicide that you will do what he did not- talk to someone about it. Get help. It will get better. It will.
I promise.
