Originally posted by the Bear:
i'll be strong.. battleship steel in my soul...
last week, one of my slightly unbalanced clerical officers asked me
why i seem so happy all the time... he's actually spoken to other
officers serious about his suicidal tendencies...
he said he wished he was like me 
i said he should never wish to be like me.. my life's pretty much
shi[b]t..
he asked again why i seemed so happy.
i said you can look at life this way... if it deals you crap, you
can be miserable or you can try to be happy... i try to be happy
and after a while, plus the fact that i know that there are more
miserable people out there trying their damnest to be happy and
succeeding, i cannot let myself be mired in self-pity and misery...
i turn out happier at the end of the day...
life could be worse.. not by much...
life could be much better, by a hell of a lot more...
we have to do what we can, even when it's exhausting... otherwise
we will lose our hunger for life, and just quit, lie down and
die... maybe not physically, but mentally, spiritually and
emotionally, we die.. and we stop being human...
she's given me my humanity back... and with the grace of God, i
will fight until my last breath and i will still not throw it
away.. ever again...
everyday is a struggle... i will still struggle on...
sometimes, humanity is all we have...
therefore, cherish the love you have 
you are blessed...
and say a prayer for those who struggle to keep sane, to cling on
to their humanity, who choose to feel even though the only thing
they feel at the moment is anguish...
see why i'm feeling hazy and blue?
[/b]
gosh...sad to hear that your colleague is comtemplating suicide.
Talk to him more and let your courage rubs of on him ya?
Well, i agree with you, no matter what situation we are in, am sure
there's some one out there is suffering more than we do. I believe
that despite our ups and downs, we are generally still a bunch of
blessed people compared to the poor, hungry, needy and abused. So
that fact is enough to keep us smiling everyday.
Any good news from bearette??
