How becoming a Samaritan helped me beat middle-aged angst

Listening to people in need has enabled me to process my own emotions and appreciate the complexity of lifeA ghostly, grey rubbery screen bulges with indistinct, yet recognisably human, shapes: a hand here, a face there. An unsettling hum underlies eerie, dislocated sounds. An icy voice half sings: “Is there anybody out there?” There is a harrowing howl, then a moment of respite: the word “yes” appears, followed by: “The Samaritans”.These 55 seconds of existen