So, August 31, 1996 I am onstage singing with Sting in front of 16,000 people. After we sing together, as 
a favor, Sting has the band play the instrumental introduction to “Fields Of Gold”. While that is playing, I proposed to my girlfriend from there on stage. She ran to the stage, I placed the ring on her finger and we danced while Sting sang “Fields Of Gold” right next to us. The San Diego Union even mentioned it in their review of his concert. 6 weeks later (ironically enough - on Sting's birthday), she gave the ring back. This is where our story begins…
One thing I have always found was true for me was that if I was in a sales slump, all I had to do is coach someone out of their sales slump and magically I would find my way 
out of mine. Well here I was – my fiancée broke up with me 4 weeks ago, I am now living in a small apartment (ironically enough it's design was like a cave) all on my own and I am depressed out of my mind. So, I thought, if I knew someone was depressed, how might I help them feel better?
And the idea hit me. I was going to create a personal web page and post true-life stories of miracles and true-life love stories. It took about 10 days, but I created it and published it.
After about a week, one morning, I turned on my computer while I made breakfast. Then I sat down and noticed something odd. An email from someone that I didn’t know. Remember, this was 1996 and there was no spam back then. I read the email and the woman said she wanted to thank me. Even though we would never meet because she lives in Portugal, she had to write and thank me for the website. It seems that she began that night with only one intention: to take her own life. However, she stumbled across my site, read the true stories and decided that there was a reason to have her spirits 
lifted. So, she decided not to take her life and look for a way to create her own true story or miracles and love.
Over the years I actually received around 20 emails from people who said my website stopped them from a bad decision. Some contemplating taking their own lives, some contemplating divorce. As it has been said “There will be bad days, and there will be good days. Seldom will we know which is which.” I didn’t marry the girl, but that very bad day 
turned out to have very good repercussions.
(If you like, you can read the stories or some of my poetry at lvrocky.com)
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