Sunday Jack: Somebody tell me why...

                        "Man hurts man, time and time again. 

And we drown in the wake of our power.

Somebody tell me why?"

That's just a quote from a song I like,  Lead Me On by Amy Grant.  This post has nothing to do with Capt. Jack today.  It's a day of reflection for me, and most likely many Americans as well as the entire world.  All anyone has to say is 9/11 and there is no doubt what is being talked about.  I remember when it happened.  Our family was enjoying the beautiful fall days with the annual state fair, Friday night football at the high school, and peace with everyday life in general.  That was all rocked by the terrorist attack that will live on in infamy.  So many lives were lost, and so many people were shattered.  It wounded America right in the heart.  There was no justification or explanation for it.  It was an evil act against innocent people.

My question is "Why?".  Many things bother me in this life but nothing as much as the cruelty that human beings can display to one another.  It has happened all through history from when Cain slew Abel.  I think of the Romans putting Christians in the Coliseum with lions for sport, Hitler, Stalin, gangs, child prostitutes, slavery, torture, war, murder...the list goes on and on of the sad ways human beings can treat each other.  It is astounding, horrifying, and tragic.  And unfortunately, the history book always repeats itself. 

The world has always said collectively that we have learned from our mistakes of the past, so we won't repeat them.  I don't believe that.  What many have learned, is how to do it better.  That is, how to hurt someone more effectively, how to destroy lives more efficiently.  True cowards spend their lives perfecting it and then hiding in holes to avoid responsibility and to selfishly protect themselves.  They truly choose to become the squalor of the earth.

I don't understand how people can be so evil.  What allows someone to make a calculated choice that purposely destroys another person.  We are all the same...no one better or worse than another and all equal in the eyes of our Maker.  The heavens must weep as they watch some turn into barbaric animals,  The heavens also know that justice will be served by the only ones who can truly judge.  I would not want to be in the shoes of those who have destroyed the innocent.  I have no answers for the question of "Why".  And I am grateful that I have no answers because if I did, it would put me in that category of the filth decent humans despise.

So what can we do?  Don't stand back and idly watch it.  The parable of the Good Samaritan is not just a bedtime story or a feel good moment, it is the way we are suppose to live.  We are suppose to care for each other starting with the first person you see.  And then the next, and the next, until our lives end.  It's the only way to combat the evil that rages over the earth.  Wouldn't it be wonderful if millions of good people do not remaining apathetic, but take a stand through love and kindness to better, not destroy, the lives of others.  It is one of my purposes and core values I have tried to establish...to love those around me, even the ones that despitefully use me.  I'll preach that message to anyone that listens until the day I die.  Thank Heavens, there are still many people who think the same way and I know most of you reading this practice the wise advice to Love One Another.  Thank you for many who have shown it to me. 

"If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other."

Mother Teresa