This morning I learned that approx. 25 % of all assisted suicides in Switzerland are people that dont have a terminal or other incurable illness, but are instead fed up and tired of life. I did not see any facts about the age or general health of these people but it still shocked me! I fully believe that we have right to decide if we want to end our lives ourselves, and I can understand how we can get to this point. But... I find it terribly sad to arrive here, no matter how old we may be. Some might argue it is an almost inevitable part of getting old, but if it is (which I dont accept), I certainly want to push this time out as far away from now as possible!
You may wonder why I have a picture of a fat orange cat on this post (Melvin the terrible)... It is because when I saw the above statistics this morning, I immediately thought about how he made me laugh last night. He is a little overweight (cough, cough) but always manages to get through the cat trap. Last night when I got home, I heard a scary unknown noise in the stairway. I cautiously turned on the light and looked down the stairs... to see my fat cat, struggling up the stairs, with the entire cat trap stuck around his middle! If I only had that camera that I can't find!
I am rambling here a little.. but the point of all this is that is really worthwhile taking time now in our busy lives, to work on our attitude towards ourselves and what happens to us and to focus on being healthy. A little prevention can avoid a lot of pain in the future! And... the prevention can be a lot of fun (like taking time to laugh at some of the small things that happen in life!).
Maybe I will still end up someday thinking that life is not worth living, but ... at least I will have done my best to live a great life as long as possible with moment after moment, stored in memory and in my attitude, for which to be thankful.
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