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  1. karen harmon
    karen harmon at |

    Your thoughts and the way they are written felt extremely heartfelt and sound very wise. Beautifully spoken and I am appreciating the replies from others.

    As simple as it sounds, at the end of every Ellen show she says, “be good to one another”. It always strikes me every time I happen to hear this…………….on television, from a lovely American, gay women who has the ability to reach millions.

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  2. Laurie
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    A friend said to me today: Vengeance belongs to God, not to the likes of you and me. I don’t know about God, but I do know vengeance feels like dying to me.

    I wish they had captured Bin Laden instead of killed him… but then again, I imagine the protracted circus and wonder what that could possibly serve. An assumption that Bin Laden should be tried presumes we have a just and fair legal system in North America (and in this case, the United States of America particularly). One has only to look at Guantanamo Bay to recognize the falsity of that assumption.

    I understand the soul-sickness of the strike on the Gaddhafi compound. However, who ultimately puts those children in danger? Who, as claimed by the US, uses women as human shields in a firefight (Bin Laden operation). I would say it’s unthinkable to westerners to do such a thing, but it has happened on our soil, and who knows what would happen were we to become more viscerally involved as a nation, such as in a world war. None of us know what we are capable or incapable of until the terrible moment arrives.

    The best, most loving thing we can do is to be fiercely good to each other. Turn away eagerly and without regret from our own private vengeances. Seek out opportunities to be openly generous and compassionate, even with those we perceive as opposite to ourselves.

    I still believe we are up to it. I have to believe we are.

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  3. Sharry Miller
    Sharry Miller at |

    I was just discussing this with colleagues and we agreed that celebrating someone’s death is never right, no matter how bad his deeds. It just lessens us.

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  4. Stephen Sell
    Stephen Sell at |

    Well said, my friend. Some relief is understandable, but dancing in the streets is not.

    Mirroring hatred never works. Surely we humans can grasp that.

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  5. ruth kozak
    ruth kozak at |

    Excellent! My sentiments exactly. We are constantly creating more violence, intolerance, racism and paranoia by our acts.

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