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Faith in the Future
Mar. 22nd, 2005 08:54 amWhen I was pregnant with Caroline I only over heard once someone commenting to someone else, ‘How can she bring someone into this world?” I took umbrage at when I heard the comment. Yea, the world is pretty screwed up. We are told this every day by various newspapers, TV Shows, and other media outlets. Horrific things happen every day both on a large and small scale. But there are a lot of good things that happen to. There is a lot of beauty and wonder to be explored. Overall this is a pretty cool planet to grow up on. Not everyone around is a (fill in the horrific) blank. There are lots of nice people out there just living their lives without comment by the media because nice is boring. Unless it is something like a feel good story which are getting rare now.
I picked up my paper this morning to read about 10 people who died at the hands of a teen who went “over the edge.” We will probably never know what sent the kid into the school with guns blazing. He shot himself so his personal reasons died with him. I expect we will hear a lot of speculation over the next couple of weeks.
I read about a convicted child molester who killed a 9 year-old girl in Florida. He is still alive but we will probably never know why he killed her. He has given the excuse that he was hopped up on drugs and his memory of what he did is hazy.
There are two families in court fighting over custody of a dog. One family wants $100,000 for personal suffering. The other family was trying to help out the first family that had become homeless by taking care of their dog but made the decision that the dog would be better off with them.
It is a crazy world. I am not denying that. I do think that we as individuals can make it a better place for all. It is the selfless acts that give me hope for humanity as a whole.
In that paper was an article about a bunch of elementary school children who raised money for children affected by the tsunami. One kid gave the money he had been saving for a video game he really wanted. Someone else found out and gave him a used copy of the game that they were done with. The kid who gave up the money was not expecting anything in return. The kid who gave him the video game is not expecting anything in return but wanted to reward the first kid for being selfless. Which in itself is a selfless act.
The other day I was getting in line to pay for one item I needed for a project. The woman in front of me had a basket full of flowers. I figured I was going to be there a while because flowers always take time since each had to be scanned in separately. The older woman turned slightly and saw me. “Do you just have that one thing?” she asked. I nodded. ‘Well why don’t you go ahead since this might take a while.” She said stepping back to let me in front of her. I paid for my purchase and thanked the woman for her kindness. She didn’t have to let me in front of her but she did.
Caroline is at an age where she can learn to share with others. In her playgroup, all the moms keep an eye on the kids and encourage sharing among them. Sometimes Caroline does share and others she doesn’t. But then she is two. I have seen her give a hug to another little girl who was upset which made me feel good too. Slowly she is learning that the other people in the universe get some consideration too. My wish is that she carries that lesson with her through out her life.
I am grateful for both the small and large nice things people do for me.
I picked up my paper this morning to read about 10 people who died at the hands of a teen who went “over the edge.” We will probably never know what sent the kid into the school with guns blazing. He shot himself so his personal reasons died with him. I expect we will hear a lot of speculation over the next couple of weeks.
I read about a convicted child molester who killed a 9 year-old girl in Florida. He is still alive but we will probably never know why he killed her. He has given the excuse that he was hopped up on drugs and his memory of what he did is hazy.
There are two families in court fighting over custody of a dog. One family wants $100,000 for personal suffering. The other family was trying to help out the first family that had become homeless by taking care of their dog but made the decision that the dog would be better off with them.
It is a crazy world. I am not denying that. I do think that we as individuals can make it a better place for all. It is the selfless acts that give me hope for humanity as a whole.
In that paper was an article about a bunch of elementary school children who raised money for children affected by the tsunami. One kid gave the money he had been saving for a video game he really wanted. Someone else found out and gave him a used copy of the game that they were done with. The kid who gave up the money was not expecting anything in return. The kid who gave him the video game is not expecting anything in return but wanted to reward the first kid for being selfless. Which in itself is a selfless act.
The other day I was getting in line to pay for one item I needed for a project. The woman in front of me had a basket full of flowers. I figured I was going to be there a while because flowers always take time since each had to be scanned in separately. The older woman turned slightly and saw me. “Do you just have that one thing?” she asked. I nodded. ‘Well why don’t you go ahead since this might take a while.” She said stepping back to let me in front of her. I paid for my purchase and thanked the woman for her kindness. She didn’t have to let me in front of her but she did.
Caroline is at an age where she can learn to share with others. In her playgroup, all the moms keep an eye on the kids and encourage sharing among them. Sometimes Caroline does share and others she doesn’t. But then she is two. I have seen her give a hug to another little girl who was upset which made me feel good too. Slowly she is learning that the other people in the universe get some consideration too. My wish is that she carries that lesson with her through out her life.
I am grateful for both the small and large nice things people do for me.
