Barbara Patterson wrote: > > I am asking, on behalf of a friend (I'll call her "A"),for a mutual friend > So, what I'm asking for is a letter...a paragraph...as much or as little ==== I'm not one of the many professionals who have studied suicide, but I observe that people think about it a lot more than commonly recognized. And, when someone seriously attempts that desperate final step, the rest of us nearly always think the reason, if given, was inadequate. There certainly are times when life seems too hopeless to continue (Think about Hitler and Goering in their bunker in 1945, or maybe some of Dr. Kevorkian's "patients"), but those are one-in-a-million occasions. For everyone else, the best answer is: Stop, don't do it- life is too short as it is. Around the corner, patiently Death just waits for you and me In time, she knows that we will be Drawn in by curiosity Joe J. R. Bruman (818) 789-3694 3527 Cody Road Sherman Oaks, CA 91403-5013