This is a link to a letter written to Tine Brutsaert,
a girl I didn't know but she disappeared january 2nd in Ghent, the city were I and many of my friends study. Many organised actions were set up to find her, you couldn't open facebook without seeing her friendly face pop up asking "Have you seen Tine?".
She was found a week later, probably she took her life away.
She wasn't the first, recently so many bright, talented, meant-to-live-happily ever after youngsters disappear like thin air and see an act of tragedy as their only way out.
This seriously concerns me and I hope the same for you. Isn't this a sign that shouldn't be ignored, a sign that something is sickly wrong with our society or the way we act and think? How come no-one sees such a tragedy approaching? No-one is to blame for that but isn't it right that we don't dare to show or weaknesses anymore? We're so focussed on making our lives(look)perfect by seeking happiness. Happiness in doing the things we're passionate about. But it seems that quest is not so easy-peasy as back in my granny's days. Perfectly plausible, as just getting the regular life of marriage-job-children, isn't an achievement anymore. Our challenges definitely have enlarged or is it the pressure to achieve beyond regular? Or is it because we're all considered shiny happy people as long as the facebook walls project us that way?
This seriously concerns me and I hope the same for you. Isn't this a sign that shouldn't be ignored, a sign that something is sickly wrong with our society or the way we act and think? How come no-one sees such a tragedy approaching? No-one is to blame for that but isn't it right that we don't dare to show or weaknesses anymore? We're so focussed on making our lives(look)perfect by seeking happiness. Happiness in doing the things we're passionate about. But it seems that quest is not so easy-peasy as back in my granny's days. Perfectly plausible, as just getting the regular life of marriage-job-children, isn't an achievement anymore. Our challenges definitely have enlarged or is it the pressure to achieve beyond regular? Or is it because we're all considered shiny happy people as long as the facebook walls project us that way?
Read this beautiful letter, it perfectly describes what many people can't express, me neither.
Luis,
sincerely hoping things like this won't happen anymore.
sincerely hoping peeps with a little worry on their minds find the courage to talk laugh and live happily ever after.
Luis,
sincerely hoping things like this won't happen anymore.
sincerely hoping peeps with a little worry on their minds find the courage to talk laugh and live happily ever after.
written by Alexander Cornet.
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