Suicide Speech

Good Morning Mr. Moby,
My name in Carolyn Clements and I am a 23-year-old college student form WV and I listen to you every morning on the way to school. You make me laugh and you often bring a tear to my eye with you Small Town Soapbox, but this morning’s edition hit home in a different way. As I was driving to school, I was trying to find the strength to give a speech on suicide to a group of my peers for my speech class. This is a hard thing for me to talk about, having recently dealt with a suicide. I wasn’t sure if I could find the strength to get up in front of my class and talk about this. I was questioning whether it was the right thing to have chosen, was it the right time for me to give this speech, and most importantly, could I make it through the entire speech and not lose my composure. Then I heard your soapbox about that old dog, Belker, and as I sat there stopped in roadwork and listened to how we should try to live like a dog, I realized that now was the perfect time for me to give my speech, because we all have a purpose.
Some of us may never know what that purpose is, but it doesn’t mean that we don’t have one. God put us al here for a reason, and he takes us all home with him in his own time when he knows we are ready.
For a life to be taken by one’s own hand is a tragedy, for someone to not know that there are people that care for them and care about them, is a terrible thing.
As I paid my respects to the young man who took his life on the fourth of June, I stood there wondering why. But like so many other things in life, we may never know the answer. My only hope is this, and it’s the same one that I will leave my class when I end my speech, I hope that when you see someone, even if it is a stranger, who looks like they may be having a bad day or may just look down hearted, take 5 minutes out of your day and ask them if they are ok.
Have we become so wrapped up in twitter and face book and cell phones and all other modern technology available to us, that we can’t say three words? Are you okay?
I don’t want to be the one that has to look back and say “maybe if I had said something, the would still be here today.” So remember, make a sound for the voice unheard. I love the show and will continue to listen. Have a great day.