The Heart of the Matter: Greater than Life
Recently I watched According to Greta for the first time. It's about a suicidal teen sent to live with her grandparents for the summer because her mom can't deal with her any longer. A particular part regarding the value of life triggered a 10 year old memory. The grandma's reasoning as to why she wouldn't want to go back to her youthful years were the same reasons I talked myself out of committing suicide at 10 or 13. I still remember sitting on the kitchen floor with a knife in hand trying to figure out how to end my life. I was only scared of pain. I can't remember what specific events lead me to that cold floor but I wasn't happy, I was miserable. As I was sitting there debating whether I should follow through or not the cons and pros were being listed. Pro: I wouldn't have to deal with this anymore. Sad, well maybe not sad, thing was that was the only pro I could list. The cons heavily out weighed it. Con: 1. It would hurt 2. I'd have to ...