School Shooting….
Well, I didn’t know where else to write…so I may as well share my thoughts in the blogsphere.
I share what little I can in the grief of the students and families at VT. It causes me to think of the following.
When tragedy like this happens in the U.S. why is it more important that Global tragedy. Do loved ones and families of people that our governemnt kills feel this same grief. I feel like we in the U.S. have this sense of “Them” and “Us.” If it happens to us, than its bad and someone has to pay….
If it happens to them, then we pat ourselves on the back for being the great liberators and we stick yellow magnents on our cars……
I know its not that simple, but it feels like that sometimes. When will our nation learn to become more human and morn with the rest of the world? When will we realize that killing is not solving any problems?  Can their not be dialogue across cultural lines that allows people space to grow and feel connected?
I’m tired of having to blame someone and reel in a Bad Guy. Does anyone really feel that much better that this Korean kid killed himself or certain world leaders or dictators are dead?
There was once this guy who did not retaliate with hate and violence, he suffered pain at its deepest level. In that pain he exposed evil at is core, fueling the fire for a revolution of love. Maybe our Nation and individuals who sing “God bless America” could take some notes. Maybe I need to suffer a little, my hope is that as we process tragedy on a human scale we will all begin to share in the suffering together…..bringing us closer to the understanding that we are more connected in our brokeness than we think….
Anyway…I just had to write something.
B Faris.