What to even say anymore.....
in the light of recent events- I just wonder what the hell is going on.
I'm a mom- and I could never imagine sending my daughters to school and never seeing them again. Or the thought of their last moments being in fear without me to comfort them or take a bullet.
I'm a jersey shore resident- and I could never imagine a town to live without a boardwalk.
Boardwalks and kids are both gone to heartless actions--- and you might say "who cares about the boardwalk NOW?" or "Sadly add these kids to endless list of victims that seem to be rising- we're all going to hell in a handbasket anyway"or" Why are you comparing the two?"
No. we aren't going to hell in any handbasket.
We aren't if we don't want it.
And boardwalks and those children are the same. Because they are both surrounded by a human community of caring people that has been turned up lately. And for that I am grateful that our human race can at least find that.
Between Sandy the storm, and Sandy Hook's shooting- the emphasis of healing has been community.
Not any CEO or rockstar, or law or cry for reform.
Community.
Each other.
Not just our immediate families, or blood families- it's our human family.
We need each other more than we like to admit. Or ask for.
Yes- there will always be those opportunists, assholes, and those who just don't get it....but maybe doing a little bit extra for your fellow human might help them "get it" in the long run. You never know what will inspire someone. Especially in the wake of such tragic events.
While the apocalypse tale goes around--- I don't beleive in the the proverbial end of the world.
I believe in the beginning of a consciousness of loving each other. and respecting each other.
I believe in the goodness of all human beings.
I believe in the community that has been built.
It's the key, it's it.
Between keeping eyes out for our towns or our own families, I think we need to involve ourselves more in what we do for others.
This is a not a call to do more, or donate money or time= this is a call to engage your mind and good thoughts every time you do anything. Washing dishes even.
If we all act with conscious thought and put our own good out into the universe- we can change it.
We can change the way we think, and treat our children's minds. Respect their nature as children and not try to change their developing brains with our adult medications. Listen to them. Spend time with them. Look out for other children. Be INVOLVED.
It's easy to give a child a TV, or a smartphone or computer and say "occupy yourself". When it is not coupled with actual family interaction in any sense at all, a family suffers. Truth.
In addition- the way we treat illness in this country- mental and physical - needs to be looked at. The motivations of drug companies and some doctors should be questioned.
There are children whose very brains are at stake. Cancer patients whose bodies are being created into slash and burn forests because no one cares to understand the workings of illnesses. We just want to throw pills and money at the problems, with no regard for causes. And that's what needs to be looked at. People die unnecessarily because of sidestepping unscrupulous medical practitioners and lack of explanations.
the answer?
Love more. Care more. Research more. Everyone.
Whatever it is in life.
I have been crying every day for these poor children's parents. the family of the shooter. The families here at the shore, the lives and homes lost- It is too much lately. But look at what is helping and it's the community. everywhere.
Maybe we should all try a little bit more to be better parts of our own community.... for the ultimate benefit for being good family. which is all that it comes down to.
Don't want the handbasket.
Don't be the handbasket.
