I took this picture some years back in Japan for my assignment in
photography class at Temple University, Japan Campus. The theme for this
picture was "CAN SUICIDE BE AN OPTION?" I had a "B" in the
presentation. Little did everybody know that I was actually considering
suicide. The pain and bitterness was too much to bare. But at least it paid off
with a "B" right???!!! Thank God I was able to pull through.... (The
story is yet to be told)
About 5 years down
the lane when all the dust is settled am hit with my past again!!! the past I
dread to think off, I had no option to go out there to explain to my colleagues
why I took that risk!!! The rumour was too much. A lot disagreed with me and
said my private life was out there. At a point I felt I shouldnt have come out and
gradually the rumour would die down... But apparently I did the right thing for
coming out and saving someone from committing suicide.
A colleague called me last night and I had to go
see her because she was going through pain and bitterness had engulfed her and
her only option was to commit suicide. Then she remembered I could help her. I
asked her why didnt she seek help or counselling. The answer was that she
doesnt trust anyone. She had a friend at work she wanted to talk to but the
very day she decided to tell her friend that was when her friend talked nasty
things about my (me Edem) marriage as if she was inside my home. She realised
her issues would not be safe with her friend. I wept with her, consoled, prayed
and spoke with her. On my way home I parked somewhere and wept... I wept... I
wept!!!!! The reason why I wept... I didnt know...
But all I could say is sometimes when we are
talking about someone we think we are destroying the person but rather we are
killing the one listening....
God help US!!!
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