Who’s to blame for the lives that tragedies claim
No matter what you say
It don’t take away the pain That I feel inside, I’m tired of all the lies
Don’t nobody know why
It’s the blind leading the blindI guess that’s the way the story goes
Will it ever make sense
Somebody’s got to knowThere’s got to be more to life than this
There’s got to be more to everything
I thought exists
“Youth of the Nation” – P.O.D.
We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother’s righteous.
Do not be surprised, brothers, that the world hates you.
We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death.
Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.
By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
(1 John 3:12-16, ESV)
I am a citizen of the world glued to my television set, fighting back my rage and despair at these horrible events, and I am a person of faith struggling to forgive the unforgivable, praying for the consolation of those who have lost loved ones, calling upon the merciful beneficence of God/Yahweh/Allah/Spirit/Higher Power.
May I know peace.
So May it Be, And so it is.
-Thich Nhat Hanh