An eye for an eye will make the whole world blind.
The title says it all. In essence this is exactly what you would expect this to be about. However, I am not going to discuss what sparked me to write this. Instead I want the message to be clear. I want the words to be clear.
Whatever side you sit on as your opinion there is one thing that is clear, when you return hate with hate, there is no winner. Violence does not solve violence. Burning cars, gunshots, businesses that close early, board up their windows and pray when they return they still have what is their life in tact does nothing but cloud the very thing people are trying to fight for.
If you want to fight for equality, then your message needs to be from a rational place. You can not stand up and say you can't and judge people, and then do the same thing yourself.
How do we teach our children to be better people? How do we show them to do right? We teach them by doing. Returning hate with hate will only teach our children to do the same. Returning anger with anger will only bread more anger.
If you have an opinion, if you want to change things, you need to start with you. Step away, and think. Where does the violence get us? The violence leaves you in the same spot where you started. You cover no ground. People no longer remember your message they remember your actions.
It's the holidays. It is a time for family, a time for love, a time to remember to be thankful. Let us start there. Be thankful your children are with you, or your family, be thankful for the roof over your head, or the shoes on your feet. Find something to be thankful for. Start there.
We need to find peace within ourselves. We need to become centered, as individuals, and as a society. We need to teach a clear and strong message to the next generation. We need to remember what we do in one moment can change a life, or many forever.
An eye for an eye will make the whole world blind.
Whatever side you sit on as your opinion there is one thing that is clear, when you return hate with hate, there is no winner. Violence does not solve violence. Burning cars, gunshots, businesses that close early, board up their windows and pray when they return they still have what is their life in tact does nothing but cloud the very thing people are trying to fight for.
If you want to fight for equality, then your message needs to be from a rational place. You can not stand up and say you can't and judge people, and then do the same thing yourself.
How do we teach our children to be better people? How do we show them to do right? We teach them by doing. Returning hate with hate will only teach our children to do the same. Returning anger with anger will only bread more anger.
If you have an opinion, if you want to change things, you need to start with you. Step away, and think. Where does the violence get us? The violence leaves you in the same spot where you started. You cover no ground. People no longer remember your message they remember your actions.
It's the holidays. It is a time for family, a time for love, a time to remember to be thankful. Let us start there. Be thankful your children are with you, or your family, be thankful for the roof over your head, or the shoes on your feet. Find something to be thankful for. Start there.
We need to find peace within ourselves. We need to become centered, as individuals, and as a society. We need to teach a clear and strong message to the next generation. We need to remember what we do in one moment can change a life, or many forever.
An eye for an eye will make the whole world blind.
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