Some Food For Thought for Y'all...

[nightwind69]

So, I'm on a list to get this daily little email from John Fischer called "Catch of the Day." John Fischer is a Christian with whom I seem to have a lot in common in terms of how we see the faith and how we think the faith should be. This particular "Catch" struck a chord with me, given that I am also a person who has seriously attempted suicide,

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[wyntir_rose]

The whole problem is that we all have problems. Our problems may be minor or they may be huge, but either way, they're our problems and out burdens. If we see someone crying on the bus and ask them what the problem is, they'll likely tell us, and then it becomes our burden to bear. Eventually it gets to the point where the listener himself needs a therapist because it all becomes too much.

It takes a very strong person to be a Mushroom. He has to be able to take in these people's problems and then cast them out of himself, like the Sin Eaters of old. Very few people today have that kind of selflessness.

[raisedbymoogles]

Even so, it might be bearable if everyone (or at least a majority of people) could be counted on to do the same thing. If we all help each other, our burdens would be uniformly light.

[dragoness_e]

Very few people ever had that selflessness, as Luke 10:25-37 demonstrates. (The parable of the Good Samaritan) Yet we are called to do so, to become better than the minimum.

"Love thy neighbor as thyself" is not just thinking warm thoughts. It's acting and doing as well. It's not easy--but it beats the alternative.

[anonymous]

Suicide is an impetuous act - or the act of an ill person lacking the capacity to make a sane decision. Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.

Limiting access to the means of death has proven to dramatically reduce suicides.
98% of those stopped never attempt suicide again.

The rails at the Golden Gate Bridge are simply too low and access is too great. The rails of the bridge need to be raised.

Four people try to die there every week and one succeeds.

The true victims are the loved ones left behind many of which carry terrible emotional scars the rest of their lives...

San Franciscans and the people of the Bay Area can no longer hide their collective heads in the sand - we are now well aware of the horror taking place and as such have a moral obligation to do something to end the deaths at the Golden Gate Bridge.

Please help raise the rails - and end the tragic deaths