So there will be commentary all around and of every kind. Gun control, lock the schools down, home school
our kids, Christian, atheist Mayan prophecy. In the end, there is one true thing that is at
the core of tragedies like we experienced today: the true danger and fright that lives with us
day in and day out is not that our society is going to crap, not that guns are
killing people, not that non Christians are filling the world, not that fanatic
Muslims are attacking conservative Muslims and others: it’s that any one of us
is a physical being that can have whatever the break point is in our brains
that will cause us to do something out of our control and it can happen at any
time.
It’s the same thing with suicide. Everyone says I could never do that. Guess what, till the time comes to your
breaking point you don’t know. Till the
time comes to when you are no longer in control of your faculties YOU DON’T KNOW!
Given that, what is it we can do that can keep our children
safe? There are precautions. But there is an underlying thing associated
with man that we see mirrored in our closest friends to us and it is to their
fault. I may seem rambling here but I
have thought this way all of my life. The
dog. A dog trusts us to no end and even
when it is beaten down and been scared to death perpetually over time, it still
has hope that this man that has treated it so woefully all these years is this
time, going to be nice. That heart that
looks for the inner peace that is in every being. Yet the problem still exist that we are
physical human beings with the possibility of having a physical ailment that
will cloud our judgment to whatever extremes our minds can imagine.
So do we shelter our children and ourselves so we don’t enjoy
the world that is around us? Do we
coddle and hold them in and ban all forms of weaponry and begin using only
sporks in our homes where the sale of a sharpened instrument is illegal? OF COURSE NOT.
Yet a tragedy like this brings out the protector and
astonished fervent human looking to make anything better than it is right now
and safer!
So I ask you, whether you believe in God, Allah, Buddha or
no one, do these events demand of us a dedication to the things we cherish and
some times take for granted? I think
they do. I don’t condone nor do I enable
or encourage any activity of a violent nature for any reason. I only seek to understand and there is no
understanding save looking to a higher power to try and reason away the
unexplainable. Because the adverse is
scarier than any demonic possession that can harm my friends and family. To think a person is just a physical being
capable of anything given the right circumstances? That’s what I feel the case is
unfortunately. But I do find solace in
the writings of all the faiths toward one sentiment and that is best spoke by
Jesus “And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth
me. But whoso shall offend one of these
little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were
hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.” Matthew
5 – 6
I am extremely sadden today.
This weighs heavy on me and makes all the little petty things I worry over
diminish to nothing. I don’t want to
rationalize it. I don’t want to understand it as much as I think I would. I just want to send all the positive thoughts,
energy and prayer and whatever else I can muster to those poor children that
will have to remember this the rest of their lives: to the poor families that
have to bear the anguish of losing their child; to the family of the person responsible
who have to go the rest of their lives remembering the atrocity perpetuated by
their blood.
Religion, faith, supernatural mumbo jumbo whatever, I
believe there is an energy when a catastrophe or atrocity has occurred and
people are of one accord in HELPING get through a situation, that manifests itself
in some way, call it what ever you want: miracle, whatever, that can heal and
move a person along. In the end, all these lives touched someone positively
somewhere. We will hear remarkable
things about each one in the days to come and how they were the light of
someone’s life. Of course they were.
But one thing holds true, RIGHT NOW, wherever you are, there
are people bringing those moments to you and you are not recognizing them for
it. TELL THEM! THEY NEED TO KNOW. It does them no good at a funeral when they
cant hear it and enjoy the wonderful love and emotion they brought into your
life making your world a better place.
There is a quotation I read last night actually a story in
Colin Powell’s book. He said “Always
show more kindness than seems necessary, because the person receiving it needs
it more than you will ever know.” This
was from a visiting priest at his church when he was younger and has stayed
with him all his life. He went further
to say, As the old saying goes, “To the world, you may be one person, but to
one person you may be the world.”
Who knows, maybe someone had the opportunity to give this
shooter just one thank you with a smile and he could have felt the meaningful
gift of appreciation and this would have never happened. It may seem silly but there are stories after
story where someone has said I was on the verge of doing something drastic and
this person just said Hi! With a smile
and true sentiment was behind it. Maybe
it is all in the mental attitude of the person LOOKING for the validation or
concern and they see what they need to, to keep them at bay. But isn’t that enough to prolong the disaster
that could happen even if it is just a suicidal mindset? Point is, its cheap, it will make you feel
wonderful and its contagious.
We don’t know but this type of appreciation is imperative to
let the people we love know we care. Let
the people we like know we care and the people we don’t like, know that we
value them and don’t take them for granted. We can always build on any relationship that
way.
Don’t let this moron as with any other moron that has been
out there showing their sick problems to the world as he did, steal your world
away. Steal your family’s value to you,
force you into a place that is more scared than appreciative and looking forward
to the life you and your family deserve.
I just ask that we quickly make it through our anger and
sadness to remember those lost here, remember the families and begin to do what
is necessary of our great nation to support them through this horrific event
and not focus on a political maneuver for gun control or school policies or any
thing stupid like that. Any law made can
be broken and will or there wouldn’t need to be a law in the first place.
So as I finish my ramble, I say as I have often said, let
people know you love them, care about them and are glad they are around. One day you will not have the chance and wish
you had. But also, you might be the
world to that person that day.
