Connecticut elementary school shooting . 26 dead, and 20 mostly kindergartners dead.
It breaks my heart to see stuff like this happening. I can’t even comprehend what would make someone do someone do something like that, to innocent children at that. Maybe we need to pay more attention to what’s going on around us. Maybe we need to connect more with our neighbors, strangers, and children because maybe then we can do SOMETHING vs. nothing.
When that guy cuts you off on the freeway, then you chase him down. Or someone looks at you funny so you start a fight. Whatever it is, the overreaction when most times the thing that sets us off externally is completely unrelated to what the internal problem is.
Everyone looks for external reasons to blame, why can’t we just stop and look inside? I’m not sure what happened to that boy externally to make him do that, but I can guess that inside he was really fucked up. I’m not justifying what he did in any way, but if we as a collective can care more about our brothers and sisters out in the world instead of ignoring it, ignoring them, and living in our own little bubbles, then would that make a difference? If I saw someone who looked sad or mad and judged them, and went on my way, what does that change? If I tried to help them, just smiled at them, asked them if they were okay, ANYTHING, if I tried to connect in someway to this person, would it make a difference? Could it change their life? I’m not entirely sure of the answer to that question, but I believe I have to try, because I can not idly stand by while things like this happen and just be sad about it, or relieved it wasn’t my children. I have to do more, even if on a small scale.
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