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