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Hey Everyone,

Maybe to some what I am about to say might sound weak or stupid but I cried when I watched news tonight.

It just seemed to me that around every corner this evening there was nothing but bad news and more bad news.

There wasn’t a shred of something good. No glimpse of light.

I cried for so many reasons.

For the victims of the bombings and the shootings. For their families and their friends.  

For those who recently died from COVID as the numbers continue to climb.

For those who have now been infected.

For the fires ripping through California mercilessly. To those who lost their homes and their belongings.

For the hurricane that will be raging through Cuba and New Orleans before we know it.

I even cried remembering 9/11 - it was a rollercoaster of emotions tonight.

During these dark days its hard not to have a heavy heart filled with nothing but sorrow for people I have never met before.

And although I am not in their shoes so I cannot begin to possibly imagine how they must feel it doesn’t change the fact that I do feel for them. And I am thinking of them. To those who need it I can only offer my condolences, love, and prayers as we try to get through this together.

I’m truly sorry. I wish I could say that tomorrow we will wake up and see that it was all just a bad dream. A terribly, bad dream. Our loved ones would still be here. Our possessions intact where we left them. And that the world was a better place, because we are finally getting along to some degree – hate doesn’t exist – and we are at peace at last.

I wish I could say this to you. That you may never have to fear again. That you are safe. That starting today we are going to get along and live together as one people – humans. That’s what we all are. We are all people.

It shouldn’t matter what color, what gender, your weight, your height, your appearance. None of that should matter as much as it does. As much as we have made it matter in today’s society. In the end we are all just people. Who cares if we look different or sound different? That’s what makes us our own person. That’s what makes us unique. That’s what makes you – you. We are all originals because we aren’t all the same and there is nothing wrong with that. We should want to be different from each other to be free to be our own person. But at the same time, we shouldn’t be made to feel that because we are different from one another or in another “category” from another that there is something wrong with that. Or something wrong with us. This is why bullying happens. This is why suicides happen. That’s how it starts. Have you ever met a monster? Because you may have just taken part in creating one that didn't need to be in the first place.

Why? Why do we feel good about putting someone else down? Because you can? Because they aren’t like you? Because you believe you are better?*

But if they would be like you – you’d be infuriated. Then it would just evolve into a competition of how you could be better than them or beat them? We would never be happy. We are never happy. When its too hot outside we wish for the cold. When its too cold we wish for the warmth. When its winter we want summer. When its summer we want fall. When its spring we want summer.

*What if someone you cared about were treated that way? Backed into a corner like an abused animal and slaughtered themselves? You would be affected by that – one way or another – in one shape or form? It’s not okay when it happens to you but its okay to do it to others?

Some of these things in life I will never understand. Life is hard enough as it is and you only get one chance to make it your own – without someone deliberately trying to make it difficult for you. Tomorrow is not promised. There is no guarantee that you will wake up tomorrow as I have said before as scary as it sounds.

Be kind, please. You don’t know what someone is fighting behind closed doors. Or when they enter their homes after school. You don’t know. You don’t know the other half of the life they are living.

I’d like to think that most / some of us just want to get along with each other or at least be civil.

Maybe I’m reaching for the stars. Maybe I’m ranting about something that doesn’t make sense and will never make sense because it will simply never be. The change needs to start with us. Needs to happen with us. But the problem is we will never do it. Or if we do – there will never be enough people on board to make the difference count or even see the difference.

Hopefully our children and our children's children will see a better tomorrow.

For now, I am filled with sadness for the things people feel they must do and the actions that occur because of it.

Stay safe out there && as always, I appreciate ya!