April 8, 1990 - December 18, 2017

December 18, 2017 - A date that will always remind us of a person who had decided to leave this world. A person who was good, kind, loved by many... so when the news about his death appeared many of us thought it was just a stupid joke made by haters, but it wasn't.  It's still hard to cope with the fact that he is gone, and that he isn't a part of SHINee anymore. 

You will always be remembered. You have left so many wonderful things and for that your fans are thankful. Rest in peace Angel. You did well. 

Jonghyun - Lonely
 

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It's sad, and it makes a person wonder... what makes one commit suicide? 

It's not an easy thing to do, but yet people do it. They decide to take their own life. Why? They don't know how to handle the pressure they are facing, so they do what they think is the best. I am not talking only about celebrities but in general. I am sure we all know someone who is going through something or has depression. The people who struggle the most are the people who smile the most. 

There is a story behind every tear, there is a reason behind every action, a scream behind every smile, but do we even notice it? No. We don't, and it's sad what kind of society we have become. On the news almost every day we can read about it, age doesn't matter. Young or old, they all have their struggles. What does society do about it? Nothing. It watches from a distance and the only comment is: "It won't happen to me" or "He or she was such a lovely person, why? It's a tragedy." 

Why this? Why that? Isn't the answer to it simple? We ignore the signs. It's sad how people judge a book by its cover and don't even bother to dig deeper. Those people scream, but we don't hear them. They try to talk to us but we don't listen. They want us to understand but we don't. It's easy for all of us to say: "It's fine. You'll be fine. It will pass. It's nothing." or "Think positively." 

Do we ever think about what might be going through their mind?  No. 

If we cared for the ones close to us, they wouldn't feel so lonely. Loneliness is the worst kind of feeling a person can experience. People who struggle in their life don't ask for much, they don't want someone to feel sorry for them, they just need a person whom they can trust and talk to, regardless of what the topic is. A person who won't judge them, but the reality is that they are alone because everyone turns their back on them. 

Is it hard to ask how someone is doing? It is hard to listen to someone? It might save a life, but sadly we don't think in that way, do we? Because once, one is not amongst us anymore, it's too late to ask ourselves if there was anything we could do? That person is gone and he or she isn't coming back.

We need to be a bit more careful and make sure that our loved ones are okay. Mental health is important, everything else comes and goes. It's simple as that. We all have our demons, but we don't have to be controlled by them.

Maybe I am old-fashioned or maybe too emotional, but I prefer a world where human beings are human beings and not cold-hearted monsters (I would say animals, but animals have more heart than humans). 

It's time for society to wake up, but will it?