“Little
child dry your crying eyes. How can I explain the fear you feel
inside
cause you were born into this evil world where man is killing man and
no one knows just why…” ~White Lion
And another wake-up call in the wake of
Newtown CT. shooting…
Friday December 14th 2012 will FOREVER stay carved into my soul as on
that day I reached a level of upset, hurt, disbelief, sadness, and blankness towards
the world we live in and what we, as human being, are capable of doing and
allow ourselves to do to one another.
We hear about it every day… Continuous slaying
of thousands of our children in DR of Congo and other part of Africa, in Syria,
3 days ago the slashing and killing (by knife) of 22 children in China and 3
days ago also…in our backyard…20 kids gun downed..
My daughter asked us “how someone can build the courage to grab a gun and shoot at children?”
The first think we did, was explain to her to never associate the word courage
to ANY such actions. There wasn’t anything courageous in that man act. It was a
tragedy. And for us (me and the hubby)
as parent, there were no words to explain the how and why; there were no
possible reasoning to this heart-breaking senseless event we could come up with
to explain it and there was definitely no tentative in our part to find a justification…
It was one of those situations where we were just at lost for words. We looked
at our child and just said “mama, what
was done is wrong, unexplainable and we don’t understand it. All we can do is
pray for those babies and their families”
We were driving, the hubby asked that we please change subject as he couldn’t stomach
talking about it any longer…
How do get to this place where some people find
it okay to treat each other like animals? We are so violent, uncaring towards each
other. Why don’t we display that Christian behaviour we like to claim we are as
a Nation? No wonder we raise young men to murder senselessly.
But it isn’t just guns and the easy access
we have to them (although it is a big part of the problem)…it is us and the
society we are creating. Where do people get the will to kill? Where there is a
will, there is a way…isn’t that a popular saying?
As a nation, as a
society, as a community, as a parents, and as a human being we have to take
responsibility. We have to start from the bottom tier, which is us moms and
dads and look at our parenting. We have to pay a closer look at what we allow
our babies to grow up with as far as values and morals. What we allow them to
immerge in with the media, internet and video games. We have to remember that
we are the educators of our children and NOT all those 3rd parties! We
need to monitor our children and stop believing that this cannot happen to us and by this
I mean giving birth to an Adam Lanza (as I am sure his mother wouldn't have
thought the child she gave birth was going to kill her and massacre 26
innocent) or being the mother of one of those 20 innocent babies. Look for
signs, be aware, be hands-on, be present and seek help when you don’t know,
when you have doubts… be proactive
“To bear free
will implies the right to choose,
Yet one must bear the burdens of each choice.
Some say, “For one to gain, another must lose,”
But helping each other helps ease sacrifice.
The right of arms implies the right to kill,
Yet, who are you, to judge who’ll die or live?
The right to life, so strong, yet so fragile,
Requires you to honor it and forgive.
For every right that you feel you deserve
Implies the need to give that right to others,
For you must see the truth that sages observe –
Our souls eternal bind us all as brothers.
Every right must bear responsibility
For consequences we may not foresee.”
Yet one must bear the burdens of each choice.
Some say, “For one to gain, another must lose,”
But helping each other helps ease sacrifice.
The right of arms implies the right to kill,
Yet, who are you, to judge who’ll die or live?
The right to life, so strong, yet so fragile,
Requires you to honor it and forgive.
For every right that you feel you deserve
Implies the need to give that right to others,
For you must see the truth that sages observe –
Our souls eternal bind us all as brothers.
Every right must bear responsibility
For consequences we may not foresee.”
~David M. Johnston
My thoughts and prays are with the families of those innocents who were violently taken away from them. God help us in finding change within our ways.
RosieSandz
