Losing the will to live

RebeccaCosta.com ^ | 9:55p.m. EST January 28, 2013 | Rebecca D. Costa

[DLSB]

Costa is right. Our young people are hurting right now. And to the extent that society resists the temptation to resort to another quick fix that does nothing to stop the systemic source of the problem, they will continue to hurt. As Costa has pointed out in her book, The Watchman’s Rattle, we didn’t get here overnight, the solution will likely be just as incremental and slow moving as the disease. This article helps to get the mainstream media to look at the source of the problem rather than continue to cater to a single sensationalistic symptom like guns. Bravo and thank you!

[GOPJ]

The CDC reports a million Americans try to kill themselves every year, but twice as many make plans to do it.

While suicide claims a victim four times an hour, one of our friends, family members or neighbors thinks about it every two minutes.

Thriving, happy, connected human beings don't use guns to harm others, no matter how plentiful.

They don't fashion fertilizer or airplanes into bombs. And they don't need the government to regulate these things. Nature has designed us so that the will to live acts as a deterrent against anything that threatens our continuation ...

We've allowed our culture to be hijacked and we're reaping the whirlwind...