Even authors of severely pessimistic books, such as the book "Ecclesiastes" in the Jewish Testament, rebuke suicide because they know that we learn from tribulation and become more open to greater wisdom, even if that greater wisdom also carries a burden of some sorrow.
My recent book, Hallowed Secularism, envisions an expanding secular movement that is open to the wisdom and power of religion.
Obviously we need to find a viable and affordable replacement to fill the void left by an absence of those desperately needed, reality-avoiding, delicious and fun drugs that God, in his (open to discussion) wisdom, has seen fit to shower upon us.
But if we keep our hearts open to the wisdom that Sam gathered in his short life, we can hear him inspiring us to transform our life for the better: to take care of one another, to make someone laugh, to dance like you just don't care, to keep coming back, to plunge into the water and ride that wave.
And my mind stayed open to receive the wisdom that seemed destined to unfold at WorkHuman 2015.
So while the Qatari sovereign fund is busy pursuing establishment jewels (auction house Christie's is on the shopping list), the ruling family is also open to advice on the wisdom of hooking up with more left-field collaborators: Sheikha Mozah, one of the emir's wives, was instrumental in establishing the Doha Tribeca film festival.
Bullington wasn't planning to vote for him; Wisdom was open to it, though he had much preferred Moore's primary opponent, Luther Strange.
What keeps it going is Ross's willingness to lay himself open to charges of self-indulgence, "Wisdom of the East" mania, and sheer folly.
Conventional wisdom is open to debate, but there is no denying that the university has vaulted, over the course of a single weekend, from obscurity to floodlighted national visibility.
Another feature of eLife is that we are open to papers that challenge received wisdom, as circumstances and data change, and to papers that cross disciplinary boundaries.
