re: US suicides hit an all-time high last year

It’s human nature for life to have some sort of meaning, of being a part of something. When this was still largely a Christian nation, people found their purpose in the Gospel of Jesus Christ, family, and their community. They were to marry, have a family, and live virtuous lives. But our society has cast all that aside. For most people there is no more meaning to life than an endless pursuit of material gain and titillation of their base desires. This is an empty life that leads to oblivion in the end and that’s one of the main drivers of suicide today. People look at their life, see no meaning, no purpose, and it leads them to despair and eventually suicide.

I know many will scoff at this notion. But if they’re honest with themselves, they know it’s true. They just can’t admit it because it hits a little too close to home.