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Monday, October 10, 2011

(Don't) Be Hamlet

           Hamlet you have had a rough two months, but what is two months compared to the rest of your life? Right now you are being confronted with the decision of ending your life or " to continue to bear those ills" with which you are faced. I could understand you pondering over this idea but ultimately I think that you should continue to live  and make the most of it. Do not let two months of your life define whether you should continue to live.
         To begin with, you have expressed uncertainty at the idea of ending your life and to some extent, fear. There is fear and uncertainty because you do not know what exists after death. "But that the dread of something after death/The undiscovered country..." The fact that you are having doubts lets me know that you are perhaps not willing to kill yourself because of these doubts or you would have followed through with this a long time ago.
          At some point you state that "conscience does make cowards of us all." The only way that I would view you as a coward is if you were to end your life, not the you thinking of it. If you were to kill yourself, you would be viewed as a coward because you could not be strong enough to kill yourself. Not only this, but you will be giving your uncle more of a satisfaction for being able to kill your father but being able to get rid of you. Do not give him that satisfaction. Admiration would be what you will receive if you are able to  continue living.
                   In continuation, you have also expressed that it is against your religious practice to commit suicide. This is another reason for you not to end your life. The idea of  " the thousand natural shocks/That flesh is heir to" is very appealing. It's even more appealing and pleasurable to think how much stronger of a person you will be after you have faced and passed through all of this adversity. Change your outlook on the situation. Taking on a more positive outlook and changing your attitude may help you to better cope with what you are going through.
        In conclusion, I know that you are going through a difficult situation but have been too quick to think that you should end your life. I know that what you are going through right now may not be what you had pictured your life to be, but you must keep in mind that there are others going through situations far worse than you. Now to quote Mary Engelbreit, " If you don;t like something change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it."

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