OP, only cowards commit suicide and those who don't know God. When we live and work to compete with our peers for bragging rights and ego trips, we set ourselves up for heartbreaks and disappointments when we fail to live up to the expectations of our selfish ambitions and greed. But the wise who understand life know that we are not created to impress others, but to live and work to honour our creator and do our best to live in love, peace and unity among our fellow humans and avoid trouble and trouble makers everyday.

LolliCane:
Overcoming disturbing thoughts is where real/true strength lies. Kudos to you dearpreye and every other overcomer. Your breakthrough is near.

Thank you. It was a one off event shaaa. Thanks for your prayers.

Confessng:
Well said !
It is unfortunate that we live in a society with more religion less spirituality more churches less live ,more mosques less love
Yv

I am a Christian
...but honestly do you know why we are not spiritual in these parts, but only very religious and fanatical?
Because we have imported religions, stripped of their souls as they trickle down to us
It is extremely difficult to be spiritual when our religions are alien.....

If we were practicing our real traditional religions, our spirituality would be off the hook....and the tragic thing is that we may have missed out on having our real link with God forever with the religions we practice like zombies.....in Igbo land, the kolanut and palm wine are ways to communicate with God, and the philosophy of live and let live is very deep...but we have thrown them away, some people even reject palm wine during their weddings because it is "ungodly" ....kola nuts belong in museums now, and etc....very very tragic
The way the Asians are with their religions is amazing...you see people the world over go on ashrams in India etc...to imbibe some Asian spirituality
...but Africans?

No no no

My point is that we have lost the chart to true spirituality in Africa with our almost total uptake of foreign 'religiosity', and this is a true calamity
No one (read, the world) would respect a people who do not even have (own and practice) their own philosophies and religions, or ever take them seriously
True story

Orikinla:
OP, only cowards commit suicide and those who don't know God. When we live and work to compete with our peers for bragging rights and ego trips, we set ourselves up for heartbreaks and disappointments when we fail to live up to the expectations of our selfish ambitions and greed. But the wise who understand life know that we are not created to impress others, but to live and work to honour our creator and do our best to live in love, peace and unity among our fellow humans and avoid trouble and trouble makers everyday.

What a sanctimonious post!
And a false one too, spiced with "godly" words that you have not thought out well, or you would not have typed what you did
You do not know ALL the workings of the mind, and everything about the mental balance of humans, or do you?
Do not judge people in whose shoes you have never walked darling
Bye

dearpreye:


Thank you. It was a one off event shaaa. Thanks for your prayers.

Dear dearpreye
...you are one of the people I e-like on this forum
Stay blessed
....and sorry for derailing here

milychocs:



Dear dearpreye
...you are one of the people I e-like on this forum
Stay blessed
....and sorry for derailing here

Not offended. A few persons have expressed their satisfaction and gratitude over this thread and that fulfils a divine purpose.

As for liking me, that's great. Stay blessed as well.

nice1

gbam gbam gbam you have hit the nail on the head.

milychocs:



I am a Christian
...but honestly do you know why we are not spiritual in these parts, but only very religious and fanatical?
Because we have imported religions, stripped of their souls as they trickle down to us
It is extremely difficult to be spiritual when our religions are alien.....

If we were practicing our real traditional religions, our spirituality would be off the hook....and the tragic thing is that we may have missed out on having our real link with God forever with the religions we practice like zombies.....in Igbo land, the kolanut and palm wine are ways to communicate with God, and the philosophy of live and let live is very deep...but we have thrown them away, some people even reject palm wine during their weddings because it is "ungodly" ....kola nuts belong in museums now, and etc....very very tragic
The way the Asians are with their religions
...but Africans?

No no no

My point is that we have lost the chart to true spirituality in Africa with our almost total uptake of foreign religiosity, and this is truly tragic
No one (read, the world) would respect a people who do not even have their own philosophies and religions, or ever take them seriously
True story

dearpreye:


Thanks my boss. I couldn't implicitly tell what it is that has led to this lack of care and sympathy towards others during their trying periods. Somehow we have become so cold and hard towards those who are in difficult situations.

This topic makes an interesting read. I'm yet to fully understand the psychological depths of this callous attitude we exhibit. I believe strong environmental factors are at play here and changing the situation needs good education.
I'll make it my priority to influence lives positively. Spreading happiness returns joy to you. It's worth doing.
Now, think of how a pat on the shoulder from a colleague would have made things different on that day; and how something similar would affect the man who allegedly committed suicide because he felt the wrong way.
However, try to not take responsibility for the things you shouldn't: it's a form of disorder in itself. You cannot help every person you meet.

dumo1:
Some people really need to go listen to that song that was sung by the Empire cast Conqueror - ( feat Estelle and Jussie Smollett) dats d song making me hang on from contemplating suicide.

Seunvense:
Yeah! Hold on by James Fortune is a great song too.

Guys, thanks for recommending those songs. I just combined both titles and I got this inspiring line: HOLD ON CONQUEROR. This would keep me fired up till I take a full dive into both songs.

To everyone out there going through some form of pressure and pain, I say to you, HOLD ON, YOU ARE A CONQUEROR!

dearpreye, thanks for sharing. Keep holding on; you're a conqueror.

If you commit suicide, na you lose

FixedRoots:




Guys, thanks for recommending those songs. I just combined both titles and I got this inspiring line: HOLD ON CONQUEROR. This would keep me fired up till I take a full dive into both songs.

To everyone out there going through some form of pressure and pain, I say to you, HOLD ON, YOU ARE A CONQUEROR!

dearpreye, thanks for sharing. Keep holding on; you're a conqueror.

Thanks for the advice, my friend.

Suicide is not a solution in anyway, it is a short cut journey to hell fire!

Craigston:

This topic makes an interesting read. I'm yet to fully understand the psychological depths of this callous attitude we exhibit. I believe strong environmental factors are at play here and changing the situation needs good education.
I'll make it my priority to influence lives positively. Spreading happiness returns joy to you. It's worth doing.
Now, think of how a pat on the shoulder from a colleague would have made things different on that day; and how something similar would affect the man who allegedly committed suicide because he felt the wrong way.
However, try to not take responsibility for the things you shouldn't: it's a form of disorder in itself. You cannot help every person you meet.

Great comments. As usual some very personal friends genuinely required what went wrong and that was it.....but the rest wan kill me......LOL!

We need to show some love and concern to people.

Opengates:
Suicide is not a solution in anyway, it is a short cut journey to hell fire!

Not everything is hell fire.....suicide must be avoided not because of hell , but because it's wrong That's all

dearpreye:


I want sacked at all.....It didn't even get to that. But my friends take me shine die......

ehyah, hope ur wia able to pull out strong? I learnt a lot frm ur writeup, thnks a lot.

ifeomaekol:
ehyah, hope ur wia able to pull out strong? I learnt a lot frm ur writeup, thnks a lot.

Sure I pulled through, though not without some troubles from my colleagues. I'm happy you learned a thing or two from my message. Thanks.

dearpreye:


Sure I pulled through, though not without some troubles from my colleagues. I'm happy you learned a thing or two from my message. Thanks.

its well. All d best

very well articulated writeup.
sweet encouragement thanks

I am a Christian
...but honestly do you know why we are not spiritual in these parts, but only very religious and fanatical?
Because we have imported religions, stripped of their souls as they trickle down to us
It is extremely difficult to be spiritual when our religions are alien.....

If we were practicing our real traditional religions, our spirituality would be off the hook....and the tragic thing is that we may have missed out on having our real link with God forever with the religions we practice like zombies.....in Igbo land, the kolanut and palm wine are ways to communicate with God, and the philosophy of live and let live is very deep...but we have thrown them away, some people even reject palm wine during their weddings because it is "ungodly" ....kola nuts belong in museums now, and etc....very very tragic
The way the Asians are with their religions is amazing...you see people the world over go on ashrams in India etc...to imbibe some Asian spirituality
...but Africans?

No no no

My point is that we have lost the chart to true spirituality in Africa with our almost total uptake of foreign 'religiosity', and this is a true calamity
No one (read, the world) would respect a people who do not even have (own and practice) their own philosophies and religions, or ever take them seriously
True story

if you are a christian, you'll know that animism, cannibalism (african religion). Were formed from the pit of hell. Our own "spirituality and religion" are detrimental in many ways to human well being.
The "imported" religion, stopped killing of twins. Worship of sun ,moon and stars.
Believing that thunder is the voice of God.
Polygamy.
Etc