How Much is Your Life Worth?

I know that sometimes life can become quite challenging. I've had the unpleasant experience of having to bury my mother and a child, but I can honestly say that there was never a moment that I wanted my life to end. I can say that I prayed and prayed that God would take the pain away. I didn't want to end my life in the process. With the recent episode of Fantasia Barrino, and trying to commit suicide, I was wondering what others felt about life. Is it that worthless that you can just give it up like that? It's as if you're saying "I don't want this gift that you gave me God, so I'm going to just end it." Can you imagine what a slap in the face that must be to our creator? Imagine if you gave someone a gift and they threw it back at you because they didn't like the color or the size, how would that make you feel? I believe we've all became selfish, thinking that the purpose of our life is for our own enjoyment. God created us for His purpose, not for our own selfish purposes. We need to remove ourselves and start thinking about others for a change. Fantasia had a daughter that she was willing to leave here without a mother. I know that pain of burying a mother, and mind died of cancer. I could not imagine what I would've felt had she died because she decided on her own to end her life. As a mother, I want my children to know that nothing or no one would ever make me want to leave them. We should all remember that no matter how bad things seem, they can always be a lot worse. Once we start focusing on helping and loving others, we won't have time to focus on ourselves. Fantasia thought things were so bad because of a lawsuit, perhaps she should've taken some time and visited some of inner cities in America and remember how life used to be. God has given her an incredible gift, with the opportunity to touch so many lives, but her vision is so clouded that she can't see that. Please, don't allow your vision to become that clouded. Always wake up with an attitude of thanksgiving. That's not to say that things won't get bad, but when they do, remember that they could be worse. When you find yourself in a situation and you don't know how to help yourself, stop trying to. Go out and find someone else to help, and I can promise you that in the process of helping them, your situation will become better as well. God Bless!!!