Today, I woke up. I walked my dog, I prepped my food for the day. I woke up to a normal day.
Other people were not as fortunate.
The last two days, these United States have woken up to loss and sadness and frustration.
This morning as I was getting myself ready for the day, I kept scrolling through my social media feeds, desperate to see something good.
All I saw was #altonsterling and #philandocastile and #blacklivesmatter and brutal and disturbing live videos.
In the wake of the events of the last two days, and over the last few years for that matter, I am saddened for our world; for seemingly being unable to work out our differences in a peaceful, respectable, and loving manner. This world needs to WAKE UP. https://youtu.be/foj3lB7vtDo. We need to open our eyes and be aware that the world is bigger than the little enclosed bubble that we live in day to day. That’s the only way things will get better for everyone. ‘Thoughts become words. Words become actions. Actions become habits. Choose wisely.’
For everyone hurting today in the aftermath of these events- you, your friends, your family; those you care about; please know that your hurt, your pain is acknowledged, it matters. Even though I have never been put in situations such as the ones we have seen in our country, our backyard, the last two days, know that I am thinking about you all the same. When people hurt, it hurts my heart; it’s just the way I’m built. I can’t even begin to imagine the depth of fear and anxiety that comes with being directly or even indirectly involved in those events
It’s hard to comprehend the amount of destruction this world has seen in the last 10 years compared to when I was a kid. My heart hurts for kids who are having to grow up in this visually violent world. My hope is that we can teach them patience and love and harmony and to grow up respecting and loving one another no matter what. No. Matter. What.
We are all pink on the inside. God loves us all the same, we are all HIS children. We need to act like it. Tearing each other down and quite literally apart is not doing anyone any good.
I am praying for healing and love and peace and understanding. For us, we the people of this world, to come together and figure out a way to live in the way that God meant us to. You matter. God loves you. I love you.