This is something I have wanted to write for sometime but did not know how to approach it, even on how to title a headline. The one thing each and every person needs to know is “Your Life Matters”. We live in a very tough time full of circumstances and problems some have never faced before.
I was watching Ashely Judd on You Tube explaining how she found her Mother and Lord only knows what people are thinking or feeling when they are willing to leave this world in a fashion that hurts so many people. Mental illness, fear, pain, anger, depression, trauma, and so many other things are gripping our society. We have a mental illness crisis in this world. We have people addicted to drugs, and people consumed with hate that causes them to go out and take lives of people they don’t even know. All of the mass shootings this country has like in Buffalo or Columbine, or hundreds of other shootings is such a waste.
The tongue is powerful. The tongue is deadly. When one is struggling with their own issues, the last thing in the world in my opinion is for a person to hear from people like Tucker Carlson. They speak to millions of people sitting in front of a camera and tell them how bad this person or this group is and then aggravate the issues and project the deadly outcomes we are witnessing.
There is an old saying that until you walk in that person’s shoes, you will never know how they feel. People like Carlson and Trump have no idea the damage they are causing. They care about the fame and money. They themselves are projectin their own lacking of self worth.
People can have money and lots of it, fame, love, and one word, just one word could mean the difference between life and death. Think about that. One word could change a person’s outcome of another person’s destiny or fate. Where there is breath, there is hope. Daily Kos provides an outlet for people to vent or express themselves. I am grateful for being on a site that possibly saves many lives. For the most part, people don’t have time to help one another but have time to kill one another.
When you start or I start trying to project our own biases to others, we have no idea how a person reading or listening will take it. Each person I believe has a right to grieve, or love or convey their thoughts as long as they are not malicious in their intent. It is really hard this day and time to not be angry and fearful and depressed. I do not care how strong one thinks another person is, they truly do not know. We need to let people know they need to focus on the positive instead of the negative and I have been known to focus on the negative much in my life but I always want to be careful not to let my emotional feeling cause harm. We all do at some point in time but if we take the focus off our own problem or issues and reach out to another, then we realize there is a purpose in our lives. It is never all about us. Never.
Your Life matters, my life matters, but people have lost control of their mindset because of all of the pain and suffering. People for the most part do not go to homes and embrace people grieving or bring food as they did in my younger days. People do not help other less fortunate by maybe mowing a disabled person’s yard or help with a struggling student’s homework like they used to. People do not get out and breathe fresh air since we are battling to have fresh air or take walks or walk along a nature trail or watch sunsets and birds. They have let technology used in the worst way dominate their minds. They will absolutely rot brains by watching and listening to people who constantly stoke fear and hatred into their minds and then coupled with their own issues drive them to a brink of desparity.
We need to realize we all are capable of reaching out and making a difference. Maybe singing a song to someone suffering whether you can carry a tune or not will save a life. Maybe reading passages from good books to someone will make a difference. Maybe donating anything you are not using to someone or some organization will make a difference. Focusing on taking care of our mental health is as important as our physical health because it is connected in one’s health. Forgiveness is important. Spiritual awareness whatever you choose, either praying, Zen, or meditation is important. My own spiritual belief goes to the book of Matthew in the bible. with the be attitude and Mark where as We are to love our neighbor as we love ourselves. The problem is, people have been brainwashed in not loving themselves which has caused so much division and if you don’t love yourself, how can you love another or be loved? Self worth. We all need to find the good in ourselves and focus on our own mote in our eye and work on it and stop listening to people who do not have a clue who we are, what we are going through and dumping more on to us. We need to count our blessings and share that with others because the truth is Your Life Matters, no matter how dismal one may think it is. Life is short and all of this confusion and hate and selfishness needs to stop. It is costing blood to run on the streets because a person not thinking straight wants to kill, inflict hardships and grief that they themselves are feeling on to others. They got it from self loathing people who seem to have no moral compass. No problem is permanent and a permanent solution for a temporary problem is not solving but creating more problems for this world.
Peace. Reach for peace and understanding and people need to be held accountable for wrongdoing that causes others pain and suffering. We have a crisis in America and no one wants to talk about it. When we think we are having day to day living so very bad, look around, there is always someone having it worse. We need to examine ourselves and why we buy into negativity and drama so easily. People have become lazy in trying to help their fellow person. The real taking back of the country is taking back our authority for seeking truth and peace and discard the garbage scrambling the brains of folks who need help.
That is my thoughts on this Sunday. People are drowning in sorrow and we need to realize this too shall pass and make changes if we can but mercifully.
God Bless and look up, you are worth it, Your life matters. If someone is reading this that needs help...Reach out. Support Daily Kos and remember, a simple word can change a life.