Dear Editor,
I ASKED myself, if someone goes to take his or her life, where the whole world will take notice, what message is he or she sending?Is it that the victim craved attention in life and consequently was willing to even die for it?
What then is this power of attention that it sways the mind so easily?  Indeed, if we take a close look at this faculty of the mind, we will find that it is at the heart of everything that we do or say. It is the engine, the motor current by which everything we do is accomplished. Wherever our attention goes our mind and body follow.
If our attention is on self-destruction we will find a way. Wherever we are, we will tend to use tools that are available in our immediate environment or that are more easily available to us. The problem therefore which we face is where to put our attention. Where as a person, a society or nation we are placing our attention?
If we have high expectations for the temporary things of this life, we are setting ourselves up for disappointments and despair, for the only thing that is permanent in life is change. It has often been said that man (or woman) proposes but God disposes. The good life is not just physical or mental, but it is also fundamentally spiritual. In the science of spirituality, attention is the outer manifestation of our soul. Direct it well and we need not fear or despair for broken relations.

Regards,
Kenneth Daniels