A Day of Tears

I sit here in horror, tears springing to my eyes because of the senseless shooting in Connecticut.

What has our society come to?

Is there such a lack of respect for life that the taking of an innocent child's or any ones life for that matter is an acceptable possibility to some twisted individual or group of individuals?

The bigger question to me is why are these individuals so twisted?  

Have we as a society become so complacent and accepting of those things that may have brought us to this?

I believe that over sensationalism by today's news media, the availability of pornography on the Internet, the violence's so prevalent in today's entertainment industry, to name a few have so desensitized those who partake in these and other activities on a regular basis that it has become common place.   Think of the disregard you may encounter on a daily basis, the road rage, bullying, gossip, ridicule, lack of empathy...

Kids today don't think twice about picking up a game controller and killing another human on the screen, or watching as cars and buildings are blown up on the big screen, or how a senseless disc jockey prank effects the innocent individual who happened to answer the phone. Or how some nations leaders are willing to gas their country men, or bomb their neighbors.

I consider myself a believer of God, and though I don't practice by going to church on a regular basis I do think of Him nearly every day and ponder my existence in a universe where we (inhabitants of this planet Earth) seem to be the only form of intelligent life in this vast universe and wonder why?

I think of Adam and Eve and the evil of Satan and how he ultimately drove man from God and how at that point man was given free will and how mans sins separate him from God.

Quite simply put, our morals, and those of our children are going down the tubes just like the icepack at the poles are melting and we have only ourselves to blame for it!   We have been given the warnings, both scientifically and spiritually and we choose to ignore it.   We as a global society are our own worst enemy, we must each be responsible for ending this madness.   Love one another, speak kindly, give of ourselves, accept and embrace our differences.

I fear for what my precious grand babies have to face in the years to come.   I truly pray that my actions and love will instill in them a sense of love and acceptance and that our children will be spared the pain and loss that so many are experiencing at this moment.