Another suicide

It appears that another beautiful woman has taken her own life. Lucy Gordon did it a few months ago and now, according to reports, Daul Kim has hung herself. I'm sure she had many friends. However, if a person feels isolated and chooses to stay behind an impenetrable wall, there's very little anyone can do. Up until the last few days, she probably appeared perfectly adjusted and fulfilled.

Another suicide

It appears that another actor has taken his death into his own hands. It was reported that David Carradine hung himself in his hotel room in Bangkok. It was not a publicity stunt - take my word. He was 72. Perhaps he was just so bored and tired of life he decided to take the fast track exit? It's important to enjoy the simple things - even a bologna sandwich should delight you, with or without beer. Enjoy the sunrise, the sunset, a dinner roll, a scoop of plain vanilla ice cream, a slice of tomato, a book you have read twice already, the green grass, the yellow grass, the scorching heat, the bitter cold, the struggle to accomplish your goal - everything. Take the bad with the good. Even some very, very, very poor people in India don't take their own life.

UPDATE June 12, 2009: Now the news is saying that a forensics expert has said that Carradine did not commit suicide - he died of natural causes while playing some sort of kinky sex game with himself. Either way, it is somewhat sad.

Five seconds of carelessness

It didn't have to end this way: From a story in The New York Times: “Adolph Merckle’s creditors were responsible for his death, even if they were not present by the tracks on that snowy night that he jumped in front of the train”, said a town resident. His employees and residents of his hometown saw Mr. Merckle as a decent, taciturn man who looked after his workers and his community, despite his wealth. He was No. 94 on Forbes magazine’s most recent ranking of the 400 richest people in the world. His four children grew up in a modest one-family house with the Merckle name on the mailbox. “I look at this as the banks’ taking the heart out of the family,” said a member of the Blaubeuren City Council. Mr. Merckle’s suicide shocked Germany as much as it angered Blaubeuren, where he was eulogized Monday at a memorial service that overflowed the hamlet’s church.” Merckle had recently lost 400 million Euros in a bad bet against the share price of VW. He was deep in debt with no way to pay it down quickly or restructure it. His flagship company was about to be sold. He had simply been caught in the vise of the worldwide economic downturn – completely unprepared. But, he had also borrowed way too much in order to acquire new businesses. One of my favorite teachers once told me, “be careful that you never bite off more than you can chew.” GOOD ADVICE.