Sadness and depression afflict this world. People feel useless and wish they weren't here anymore. There comes a time in many people's lives when they feel like ending it is the only way to make things better. They feel that suicide is the answer they are looking for to their sadness and want to end it as quickly as possible. As one of these people, I know that sometimes suicide seems like the best response to a situation that can leave a person worthless and hopeless. Sometimes, however, a suicide attempt fails and you feel like you are meant to stay on this earth for a longer period of time than the short time you have decided to live. Sometimes an attempt to close your eyes forever opens your eyes to the beauty that life truly is. After experiencing a few suicide attempts, I realized that I am needed on this earth and that I have a purpose here. College taught me that people can be cruel. It taught me that I need to be able to hold my head up high when people try to put me down, and that I need to stay strong to create my own happiness. When I was in middle school, there were people who made fun of me for a number of reasons, none of which are important today. Not only did these people make fun of me, but they made me believe that I was worthless. I've had books thrown at my head and people told me I had to cut my wrists vertically for it to do the job it was supposed to do. I believed them and thought that ending my life would have been the best way to end their torture. I had decided, one day, that I had had enough and that it was time for me to let go. I wrote a note and was ready to end it after school that day, but someone had seen my note...... middle of paper ......r la death reminds me that life is so precious and that people should I don't feel the need to leave this earth when there are so many people who love them. Kaitlyn was loved and cherished by so many people and I couldn't bear for people to stand there and see me in a casket crying and wondering why I chose to end my precious life. I have experienced suicide attempts in my life. . I had to show myself that life was beautiful to stop me from ending my life. I attempted to end my life before it was time to leave and had eye-opening experiences that brought me back to reality and showed me that it was not my time to leave . Sometimes suicide seems like the only option when faced with a life situation, but I am here to tell you that the sadness and depression that plagues this earth is only temporary and that there is hope for everything the world..