Hopeless

Today marks the 14th anniversary of the tragic passing of Leslie Cheung who committed suicide by leaping from the 24th floor of the Central District's Mandarin Oriental Hotel on April 1 , 2003 ...
I still remember that morning I was woken up by the shocking news and  thought it was a joke  .... but I later realized it was true ....
I cannot say I have never been suicidal . The thought has crossed my mind . I think  many individuals have at one point considered ending his / her life . I have never attempted  ,  partly because I have never been hopeless  .  I may be neurotic and a pessimist but deep down I have faith that things can always get better .
I think the real tragedy of suicides is  ~  not the death itself but the idea that someone feels so lonely , so empty and so hopeless  ~  And the fact that there was no one there to help  .....