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Robin Williams, A Reminder

Yesterday, many mourned as they learned about the death of Robin Williams due to an apparent suicide.  I must admit that I too was saddened by this needless and tragic event.  I was saddened not because I felt some emotional attachment to him as a movie star~ I rarely form attachments to famous people.  They are people like you and I and they have struggles too.  I was saddened because it was needless and tragic.  I feel this way anytime I hear about someone who takes their own life. My first thought is that, like many other people, he found himself chasing things.  Once he got them, he found that they did not satisfy like he thought they would satisfy him.   Only God can bring real contentment and satisfaction in a person's life. Nothing else we go after in life will do that for us.  Lest you think I'm giving a glib "Christian " response to a senseless tragedy, I'm not.  Every time I hear about an event like this, I end up asking one questio...