Is today a good day to die? There are so many ways one can think off to kill himself, but none of them are 100% effective. One can jump off a cliff, the roof or the balcony depending on the preference of heights. The greater the fall the higher the risk of death, but then again that’s not always the case. One can jump off a cliff and fracture few bones, while one can fall from the first floor and die in instant. So once again, one can never be certain of the accuracy. Some may choose other forms of taking away their life, like taking poisonous pills, shooting themselves at close range, cutting one’s veins, standing in front of a moving vehicle or simply hanging themselves. The point is, there are many ways for one to be innovative when deciding to end one’s life, but there is no sure way that any of these methods will work unless it is time for you to leave under the will of Allah.

Now, why would one want to end his life? Is it the stress, the depression, the guilt, the pain, the weakness and shame to face your own problems, or is it a fight for a certain cause. Well we all go through the above, how many of us have not felt stressed or depressed at least once a month. Life expectations in general can be stressful especially when you are pressured to succeed. Nevertheless, many manage to overstep these obstacles and live through it and succeed while others fail to do so. What we fail to see is that failure and defeat is simply a signal to press onward. It is not shameful to fail; it is shameful if we took it as an excuse not to move onward. Falling down does not signify failure but staying there does. Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. Do not think this world is perfect for anyone. There is no one on the face of earth who gets all that he/she wants or is free from all kinds of distress. But we should have the will to overcome these obstacles.

When one decides to end his life, so many thoughts crosses his mind, like a filmstrip passing through, with only the bad events flashing along the way, making him feel that he has reached the end of the road and is unable to turn back. A bend in the road is not the end of the road unless you fail to make the turn. And there is always a turn but we first need to have the courage and the wisdom to believe in it in order to see it. To the weak, facing the unknown is better then facing the known, because according to them what they do not know will not hurt them. But how true is that? Do we know what will happen to us when we die, do we know what will be waiting for us when we enter the other world. We can never run from our actions because it will hunt us forever. Our life does not end at our death. I do not think many are aware of that, because if we were, we would have thought twice before attempting to take our own life. I agree that stress and defeat and even the guilt we feel when hurting another and the pain of sickness can be hard to endure, but this is all part of our being and of shaping our character. What hurts us should makes us stronger not weaker. Many times we give in, out of fear of facing our own problems and as a result we choose the easy way out by ending it all. But is it really the easy way out as many may think?

On the other hand, there are people who cherish their lives and disregard the concept of suicide. How would they feel if that was taken away from them by the brutality and recklessness of human actions? You walk in the street and a crazy driver hits you and run. You go shopping and a gunman shoots you by mistake. A thief breaks in your house and kills you after stealing your belongings. A doctor gives you a wrong medicine and you die on the spot. But worse of all is when your enemy enters your land and kills over 1000 innocent civilians with a trivial excuse of mistaking the innocents for terrorists, and injuring over 5000. Now these people did not ask to die and did not ask to live in pain. So what right did it give you to take it away from them? No man should have the right to kill another whether deliberately or undeliberately or endure pain on others. Your are not the judge of this world and you are definitely not the executioner.

So, is today a good day to die? Well for those that do not fear death any day is a good day. Remember, that you are just a visitor here, a traveler passing through. Your stay is short and the moment of your departure is unknown. Therefore, any day could be your last day. We just have to go along with our life in peace until it is time to leave. And to those that want to speed death and end it with their own hands, are not aware of the fact that no matter how hard they try, they will only die when their time is up. The human character is full of ambiguity, we tend not to appreciate what we have until its is taken away from us. So live to be happy so you do not end up dead with regrets.