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Who Owns the Stuff? Who owns the People? It’s been two years now since a good friend of mine took his own life. As I think about it now, I disagree with and dislike the phrase, “took his own life.” Was it really his life? He left behind a wonderful wife and two beautiful daughters. His business employed many people who counted on him for leadership and a paycheck. And I lost a friend. That expression too is messed up. Nothing was lost! The life that we call “his” was stolen. He stole it. He took it from all of us who loved him. How did we ever come to deceive ourselves into believing that we are the owners of our own bodies; of our own lives? My friend was a Christian, as I am. He would have known that the Bible says that we, “Were bought at a price.” Literally it means that Jesus bought us. He owns us. As a matter of fact, a Christian will say Jesus owns everything. But whether or not you are not a Christian, if you have experienced the suicide of someone close to you, I