Once again, a horrific school shooting and everyone in the
media is clambering to blame 'the others', lamenting along with their positions, angering one side or the other. We, ultimately, are all
at fault.
Our culture has a sickness to put it simply. It out-pictures
in the vulnerable among us. Those lost souls with so much lack of meaning in
their lives, that they act out in the worst ways to relieve their pain.
And we allow this to happen. It is a spiritual crisis.
Children are growing up in a sea of violence, meanness,
incivility, and lack of respect. Problems are cast off as someone else's
responsibility. Every issue is torn into opposing camps throwing endless barbs.
The government cannot fix the sickness in our society.
We, the people have to mature, take responsibility, admit we
have a crisis of meaning with no solutions. The next evolution of our species
must be in our consciousness. And all of us need to work together and use all
the solutions. It starts with kindness, care, and understanding.
