Jonathan Winters had painting. Painting kept him going. Robin had a career and they don’t last forever. He had been looking like a homeless man for the last few years. But he had the potential and ability to do anything he wanted. He could have bought a Ferrari and driven it across country. He could have dedicated himself to charitable causes (which he did).
Suicide is the ultimate self-indulgence. Instead of saying “I am going to dedicate myself to helping others and making the world better”, you just avoid that by checking out.
yes sir...
Seems as though high IQ tortured souls *do* perceive the world correctly, thus they are hyper-aware that isn't pretty. Solomon knew and described it in the entire book of Ecclesiates: all is vanity.
The trouble is, for whatever reason they fail to draw the proper conclusion revealed in the last two verses of the last chapter. The dark forces of the world surely cheer when a soul of great potential can be blinded and taken out of *their* way.
Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. 14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
“Suicide is the ultimate self-indulgence. Instead of saying “I am going to dedicate myself to helping others and making the world better”, you just avoid that by checking out.”
It’s really not that simple.