| I tremble at the thought that millions of | | | | can gather, in the name of all the things |
| people suffer enough to entertain a death | | | | that matter to them?May they spare themselves |
| wish. Perhaps it is as common a component of | | | | the shame of wrecking the very life that |
| the psyche as suffering is a widespread | | | | makes all these things possible, not by a |
| phenomenon among humans. I suppose it is | | | | devious means that disguises a self-inflicted |
| normally counterbalanced by the appetite for | | | | tragedy as a cruel twist of fate, but through |
| life, which joy and hope can whet, but is it | | | | their courageous and generous effort to live |
| ever overturned? Probably not, at least not | | | | and love in spite of difficulties! As the |
| for long, and that worries me. Could numerous | | | | particular individuals they are, their |
| instances of big-risk-taking be | | | | existence is their one and only opportunity |
| death-wish-related? Overeating, smoking, | | | | to experience and contemplate the awesome and |
| speeding, every human deed that is | | | | fleeting beauty of the world, and prove |
| potentially lethal, including war, may be | | | | worthy. May they grasp this opportunity |
| symptomatic of a death wish, all the more | | | | before it slips away from them! They will die |
| pernicious as it is usually denied or | | | | soon enough.Some of them may disagree. I know |
| concealed behind other motives.Why do people | | | | how disgusted with life and tempted by death |
| insist on denying or concealing it? Because | | | | one can be. This knowledge almost killed me. |
| they are rightfully ashamed of it! Think of | | | | I also know one can learn to love life and |
| the insanity: Without their knowing and | | | | commit oneself to it. This second knowledge |
| approving it, their death wish may harm them | | | | reveals the nature of the first one, which is |
| and aggravate their suffering, in which case | | | | in fact a state of ignorance and foolishness. |
| it would intensify, then probably harm them | | | | I speak from experience and endorse this |
| again and aggravate their suffering, and so | | | | proverb: Every cloud has a silver lining. |
| on and so forth until it destroyed them. Is | | | | Misery contains a possibility of |
| it not imperative that they break out of this | | | | happiness.Allow me to qualify this statement. |
| vicious circle? Should they not humbly | | | | Life is rarely desperate. One can usually |
| recognize their self-destructive weakness in | | | | bring about the changes that are favorable to |
| the face of suffering? Should they not fight | | | | contentment, if one strives for them. |
| this weakness with every bit of strength they | | | | |