Sandy Hook
The Sandy Hook tragedy has sparked many comments from all kinds of people. Journalists, politicians, left leaning, right leaning, city slickers, country bumpkins, seniors, children, parents, the educated, the uneducated.....you get the picture. Human beings of all colours, beliefs, ages, regions and backgrounds have commented either publicly or privately.
Whether or not an audience read or heard our thoughts it is likely that, in the grand majority of cases, we all reacted with instinctive emotions - shock and sadness. In the end, those instincts, the ones that unite us all as a species, shows an amazing amount of unity among the seven billion humans on Earth.
Unfortunately, as the minutes passed from the time we heard the horrible news, our initial reaction of shock and sadness gave way to that other uniquely human characteristic - our ability to think, recall and imagine. And so our divisions started showing.
The need to defend. The need to protect. The need to ban. The need to arm. The left, the right. The liberal, the conservative. The city, the country. Them vs us.
It is often said that we should stick to our instincts when we are making decisions. That if we listen to them, if we are conscious enough to feel them, we'll make the proper decisions. This is a time where all of us, regardless of background, should take the time to think about how we felt when we heard the news, before the imagination and thinking kicked in.
Let me know what you think about what you have just read. Please and thanks!
Whether or not an audience read or heard our thoughts it is likely that, in the grand majority of cases, we all reacted with instinctive emotions - shock and sadness. In the end, those instincts, the ones that unite us all as a species, shows an amazing amount of unity among the seven billion humans on Earth.
Unfortunately, as the minutes passed from the time we heard the horrible news, our initial reaction of shock and sadness gave way to that other uniquely human characteristic - our ability to think, recall and imagine. And so our divisions started showing.
The need to defend. The need to protect. The need to ban. The need to arm. The left, the right. The liberal, the conservative. The city, the country. Them vs us.
It is often said that we should stick to our instincts when we are making decisions. That if we listen to them, if we are conscious enough to feel them, we'll make the proper decisions. This is a time where all of us, regardless of background, should take the time to think about how we felt when we heard the news, before the imagination and thinking kicked in.
Let me know what you think about what you have just read. Please and thanks!
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