So many of you have posted your thoughts and concerns on the devastation that has rocked the little city of Newton, showing care and concern outside of your normal functioning life and taking time to pray. There was a unity today that existed between all of us. A unity that surpassed religious backgrounds and ideals, political opinions, and generational gaps. The tragedy that rocked our nation today destroyed the world of more than just the families who lost little ones and other family members, it destroyed the lives of those who lived through it as well.
We have to stop to think about the real tragedy here.... The real tragedy is that it took so much to get us to stop thinking about our own agendas for a brief moment, and care for more than a moment for a fellow human... a parent, a friend, a brother, a sister. Why friends, does it take so much to get our attention? Why did innocent lives have to be taken in order for us to sit up and take notice that something is truly wrong, and whatever direction we are headed, its the wrong direction?
Perhaps after every tragedy... Columbine, 9/11 and the countless others we have asked ourselves the same thing, and yet within a day, a week a month, we all go back to the same old thing except for those who lost someone. Except for those who will never get to take that day back and just get back to routine. Except for those whose entire world was changed in the split second that they found out they would never see their loved one alive again, and today that involved mothers and fathers who waited at a fire house to see their babies, only to discover their child was on the list of bodies recovered at the scene.
When is it enough? What more will it take to get you to care?
To my Christian friends I say, we are among the worst as we turn our backs and our heads to the devastation being caused time and time again. To them and myself I say, above anyone else we are accountable for the actions we take before these events in how we treat one another, man, woman, child, gay, straight, gun-toting, republican or whatever. WE are accountable to the actions we take after these events as well...the bible tells us that people will know we are Christ's disciples by the love we have for each other, and we are failing in that miserably! Do you think if there was a true Christian in this young mans life who had taken time to get to know him and have a relationship with him that we would still be seeing the outcome of today's events? I don't. But we are all so afraid of stepping outside of our bubble.... we are all so afraid of relationships, and getting hurt, and .... WHAT OTHER EXCUSES DO WE HAVE AS THE CHILDREN OF GOD?
To my other friends who do not believe in God, these are still your fellow men and women. Are we so wrapped up in our lives we cannot invest in others? What is humanity if we have come down to ignoring of fellow humans? We reduce ourselves to less than animals in the wild, as we build our homes, our packs, and gather our food, and necessities and attack anything that threatens our territory. We will destroy ourselves if we do not take right now, this moment to change what we are doing.
This doesn't mean taking our anger and grief and putting the blame on guns, religious groups or political groups, it means taking the grief and anger, and for once..... dropping our sense of entitlement, indeed sacrificing our own selfish wants of things that wont last and instead channeling that energy into something productive and positive. How long do we really think we will last, if it's every man for himself? How far do we really think selfishness will get us in these tragedy ridden times that threaten everything we love, including our innocent beautiful children????
Please if you are reading this.... I AM BEGGING you... one HUMAN being to another... OPEN your EYES and make yourself, if you have to, do something positive for the benefit of one another. We do not have eternity... we dont even know if we have tomorrow......
For those who would like to pick this apart, I do not blame religious groups, the parents, or politics... I blame myself... for not being the difference we so desperately need.... but I will not waste this tragedy.
Please do not waste this tragedy.
For all those lost in Newton, Ct... 12/14/12 ...
I love you and I will dedicate what time I have left, to impacting our world for the better. All my prayers and thoughts to you as you grieve the extensive losses you have suffered on this day.
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