I wear many hats.  One of those hats involves being a faculty mentor for students pursuing a doctoral degree.  One of my students is completing a project that encourages us to engage in restorative listening. 

Human beings have an inborn desire to live, and we sometimes go to extreme measures to preserve and prolong life.  Even in our most difficult moments we generally find plenty of good in the world to motivate us to work through our difficulties and come out the other side.