i am rabbi eric weitzen. we live in a part of the country that encourages us to live life to the fullest and pursue happiness. yet we have many people who are suffering and in fact, decide to take their own lives, because they struggle with life itself. with us this morning is eve meyer, the executive director of the san francisco suicide prevention to help us have a conversation about suicide. >> why do people kill themselves? >> people who kill themselves are in pain. they are in intolerable pain of one kind or another. in the united states, we have the luxury that is primarily emotional pain. in other countries it may be economic, and maybe physical pain because the health system has collapsed. it may have to do with shame. in the united states, we have those forms of pain. we have families that run out of money and call in and say i have the choice of being dead or homeless. >> people learn physical pain and decide in their lives and we have children who are bullied and who die of shame. primarily, it is