Suicide or prevention? FoL wants to give hope - Pls. join and help on the walk around the world
Channel: Trees of Memory
Date: 2016-10-03

www.footpath-of-life.com

Suicide or prevention? Footpath of Life wants to give hope
with Footpath of Life I will install and walk a path around the world, which will be lined by the trees of memory for those who passed away. Trees, you can plant together with me, free of charge, no matter where in the world.

Suicide of my partner
This project came out after the self killing of my partner in March 2016. His depression determined his everyday life for many months. His thoughts of suicide had been omnipresent since his youth, so he kept telling me. His death did not diminish my depression, but led me to think more and more of my own suicide attempt, and the attempt of mourning, led me deeper and deeper into the darkness of different mourning phases. My own funeral in front of me, increased anxiety, increased grief and robbed the hope of ever being able to get a really useful help with depression. I was already on the very bottom of my life and only by chance,  I did survive my own suicide attempt. This is some years ago, and than again, I was closer to death than to life, after my big love has decided to commit suicide.

I had already given up hope
After death and grief have determined my everyday life, the idea for Footpath of Life appeared one day, while I was under the shower and has not left me ever since than. Thank Heaven, I can only say that, because I had already given up the hope, that I would ever find an everyday life again. Actually much worse: ever again back to life. Even though it sounds odd, but since then, my own depression symptoms have also decreased, yes,  I even dare to not take my medication any more, which so far is without side effects and works to 100% well. An attempt that could be dramatic in the darkest time of life. A turning towards a certain joy of life, would seem to me, to be very unlikely. But in my case it is working out well.

What do I want to achieve with Footpath of Life?
I would probably lie to myself, if I deny that it is also a self-therapy. But it is much more important for me, to support suicide prevention. Every 30 seconds somebody in the world kills himself and also in Germany, it is a taboo. The dead ones, to which I would like to commemorate with trees of memory, are silenced away as much as we are, which we are left behind. Our life is like a gradual migration between feelings of guilt, blame, and the feeling, "I was not worth to live with me any longer." Our pain is not comprehensible to anyone who has not experienced it. And as if that were not bad enough, the friends and people around us disappear because they do not know what to say. Because their lack of words means, that one day they can no longer trust themselves or say anything to us, because their silence has lasted a such long time, too long. And suddenly, many of us are alone, without partners, without parents, without security, emotionally deeply injured and disturbed and often financially at the end.

I will support suicide prevention
That is why my journey around the world and the support of suicide prevention is a sign, that life can go on,  it will be nice again, and that it is possible to achieve something incredible and the beauty of life will and can show up again in colorful colors.

Travel the world online and get hope
Hiking around the world, and for the living and for the deceased to plant trees, will prove to you, that there is hope, there is a life after. Join me on this world trip as a friend, as a follower, as a subscriber, it is your virtual around the world ticket. Watch me as I do step by step into a new life, how I am happy, how I cry and how I will also fail on some days. Meet with people who share your story and feel their pain and their memories,  just as I did - because we had to experience all of this after what happened. Accept my offer and plant a tree, become a part of Footpath of Life and watch as your tree of memory grows bigger with every day and shines into a beauty, just like your love, your friendship or your family band did once. It will not cost you anything. An email is enough. I would like to take your hand, even if it is only virtual and travel the world online with you. But I will also stay with you in real life, help you, listen to you and try to be a mourning companion - somehow. If I can do this - then you can do quite different things, bigger things in life.

More than 70000 km through more than 60 countries
Hiking Germany, Europe, the world, to you – wherever you are. Probably it will be over 70 000 km – it looks like today (7.10.16) after only 8 weeks being online. There are already 20 people worldwide, who will plant a tree with me and more than 2000 people, who follow me in the social networks.

I need you to put a sign
Check out the www.footpath-of-life.com page and become a part of Footpath of Life, with your tree, with your click, as a follower or friend.