Suicide isn’t what warriors do, because the first purpose of the warrior is to protect others; suicide makes that impossible. In suicide, we take our pain, multiply it by ten, and hand it to everyone who loves us. What was hurting us becomes hell for them. There is something selfish about this. This is hard to write, Walker. I’ve known some veterans who have committed suicide, and you’ve known a few too. I say this not because I want to criticize the dead, but because I want to help you. Suicide is not what warriors do.
