The country is celebrating Mental Health Day today. Walking, talking, running, posting, boasting, and what not. The person who is suicidal is there in the crowd and watching.
Given up on life, without any hope or meaningful purpose. The only hope for them is the deafeningly loud noise telling them that you are no good, useless, worthless, and constantly reminding of their failures and the ill fate awaiting the next moment, the next day, the next week, the next year, and so on.
The challenge is to act, better than the most renowned artist, to show the rest of humanity what a happy person you are, have been and will be. That life is beautiful inside and out. Knowing well what a lie it is.
It is funny that people around are so eager to help, but they want you to expose yourself first. Then they want to play the pity card.
Life goes on – it is just another day of wearing tshirts, walking, talking, posting, boasting and what not. All that needs to be done is a drop in center and a helpline in population centers.
But they will not do it. It will not be a photo op as grand as the above. Happy Mental Health Day to all suffering.
Smile and Let Smile 
jmsabbagh
October 10, 2019 at 10:26 pm
Nicely penned