[Coldwater Creek]

Great read!

As parents when we realize that we have made mistakes and then tell our children so, no matter how old that they are, we should be absolved of any guilt. It then becomes the child's responsibility to forgive and move on,

Suicide is basically a very selfish act.

[goldstategop]

I agree about suicide being a selfish act but at the same time, I won't judge the deceased. Whatever problems they had they felt it was too much for them to handle. Suicide attempts though are usually a cry for help and we should definitely find out what we can do to make that person see life is worth living.

[jwpjr]

re: Suicide is basically a very selfish act.

I agree. But you know, when it's all said and done we are ultimately responsible for only one person in all the world and that's ourselves. I believe that I will someday stand before my Creator and be expected to account for my life, good and bad. My grandfather committed suicide and although it's been over 50 years now I still remember the day like it was yesterday. The anniversary of his death is painful to this day. He was suffering from cancer in a day when no one even wanted to say the word in polite company, let alone admit having it. I knew him as a loving, caring man who would do almost anything I asked of him. I know now that his suicide was indeed a selfish act, but I have tried to forgive him and dwell instead on the pain he must have been in to have decided that suicide was his only choice.

[weegee]

Suicide is basically a very selfish act.

Very much so. As is abortion.

[silverleaf]

Suicide is basically a very selfish act.
So are judgemental comments in situations like this. The last thing families of suicide victims (yes, victims) want is to think that their beloved persons left this life as the result of a deliberately cruel decision. Many prefer to say, accurately, that their loved ones died of depression, which is an illness. Unable to bear further suffering. Akin to someone throwing themselves out of a burning building. "Too bruised to touch"

[DCPatriot]

We listened to country-and-western music together while I drove...

DING! We have a winner...

[Psycho_Bunny]

When a person becomes so distraught, confused and depressed that the idea of suicide is capable of overriding the animal instinct of self-preservation, "selfishness" has absolutely nothing to do with the equation.

Suicides almost always occur when desperation drives the human mind to mental defect.