How we speak and behave affects our relationship with the world. It affects how people see us, judge us, and decide how to interact with us. We know the “Lemon” type; stormy day, can’t go outside and play, “life sucks!” lemonade. “You know what? I’m so glad it is raining. I’ve been wanting to read that book, remake my closet space and write that letter. Maybe I will join an “email hack” group and tell Russians what is really going on.”

A family friend just hung himself. This friend was in his 60’s, recently retired. He seemed good. However, suicide is the second leading cause of death for people ages 10 to 34 and fourth for those ages 35 to 44. I hate statistics because they take us from the individual to the masses where things seem to get lost to a mind-numbing bureaucratic insensitivity that leads to indifference and non-action. But 800,000 suicides a year touches a lot of people. A lot of sad parents, siblings, spouses, children and friends left behind.