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william thank you for the reminder it is good to remember that often the resolution of unhappiness lies within one regards judy >From: William Isbell <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: The different faces of suicide >Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 12:26:25 -0700 > > >Suicide can take many forms >other than physically killing oneself > >There is professional suicide, >where one, consciously or unconsciously >(frequently unconsciously) breaks contacts and relationships >which have stood for many years > >Where one offends customers for no reason >(or for reasons only imagined ) > >Where one lets business opportunities deliberately slide away >without caring, without a backward glance >except to say, "Good riddance. I didn't need the aggravation, anyway" > >There is marital suicide >where one allows irritations to build to rage >which leads to saying hurtful things (or worse) >that, previously, would have remained unspoken. > >Where one, deliberately or not >lets situations get out of hand, >far beyond the point where logic would say, >"Stop this. It isn't worth it. This must be coming from somewhere else." > >There is social suicide >Where one lets slide personal relationships to the point >where others take offense and break off contact. >Where one leaves groups that have been >the mainstay and pleasure of one's past > >There are many faces of suicide >other than physically killing oneself ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com