"People who suffer the most, people in 3rd world countries, commit the least amount of suicide. Statistically. It's in the more privelaged nations where suicide rates are highest. They're actually suffering less, proportially, but their tolerance to withstand pain is dramatically lower as a result of living in gentler surroundings."

Excellent point! The world can at times be a very cruel place. A charity I contribute to performs high quality cataract surgery in lesser developed countries for under $20 per eye, and trains opthalmologists from lesser developed nations in this high quality low cost procedure. It is still mind boggling to me that around 25 million or so people in the world are blind due to caracts when their vision can be restored for only around $40 each. There aren't enough opthalmologists in these lesser developed countries trained in performing this low cost high quality procedure, and not enough money contributed to fund the operations. Apparently not enough people in the world care enough about the blindness of some far away stranger to contribute just $40 to cure it. The world can be a very cruel place.

I like to read the book of Ecclesiastes for inspiration. It was writted by King Solomon.

1:9 "9. What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun."

1:14 "14. I saw all the deeds that were done under the sun, and behold, everything is vanity and frustration."

1:18 "18. For in much wisdom is much vexation, and he who increases knowledge, increases pain."

3:1 "Everything has an appointed season, and there is a time for every matter under the heaven."


7:4 "4. The heart of the wise is in a house of mourning, whereas the heart of the fools is in a house of joy."

7:5 "5. It is better to hear the rebuke of a wise man than for a man to hear the song of the fools."