First of all, our hearts and thoughts are indeed with Boston in this time of their greatest need.
Why do these things have to happen to innocent bystanders around the world? Because they are happening everywhere, and many times we don’t recognize that the suffering often goes unseen and unheard. Many times, by us all.
Yesterday, we went through another major tragedy – this time in Boston. And these tragedies seem to be coming at a faster, more furious pace. It has to make you wonder, doesn’t it? Is it because we’ve become disconnected at the soul level? That we’ve become desensitized because of what we witness around us, whether it be on TV, in the movies, or anywhere else. Yesterday’s mainstream coverage and commentary showed just how bad it’s become. Societies around the world are all exhibiting signs that we are walking down the path of old Rome, when the gladiator “games” were at their peak and their society was at its depths.
But then, you look outside of the coverage to individuals, and you regain some hope that love is indeed reaching out. We just need a lot more of it. A LOT MORE. We need to stop thinking about our own personal impact, and start to realize the outer impact to those all around us. When we see messages of hate emanating from others, we need to counter them with empathy. We need to regain a firm grip on our humanity so that destruction doesn’t get the upper hand.
Just like The Illuminator and NYC Light Brigade asks, why does it have to take a tragedy for us to come together? I sure would like to know the answer to that question, so that I can get the despair out of my system after watching mainstream reactions. We need to get a grip with how fast we all like to jump to conclusions, before anything concrete is found, to attack anyone who doesn’t fit into our beliefs. That’s just plain wrong. That we learn this behavior from the top down only makes these habits harder to break. And proves that we have much more to fix them we’ll admit.
Help before you censure. Blame doesn’t fix the problem. Only we can, by working together and accepting that we’re different and yet still the same, so that hate doesn’t have rich soil in which to prosper. These actions are heinous. And yet many times, our reactions can be equally damaging when we’re tearing down instead of building up. Those people who helped others in need are the ones we should be following and respecting.
– thanks to Reddit for this important reminder
