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Archive for December 2012
Placing Blame
This will be a brief reaction to responses I've heard to the Sandy Hook Elementary tragedy questioning who is responsible for this horrific incident.
To those questioning why God would let this happen. God gave us free will and the ability to know right from wrong. Along with these liberties comes the responsibility of having to deal with the effects of our decided actions. We don't question God when we use our free will to make good decisions and things work out well for us, so why are we so quick to place blame when our judgement lapses??
To media blaming video games and movies, I have mixed feelings towards you. It would be an injustice to the victims to not report the story, but every time another event like this happens and it's broadcast, it motivates more unstable individuals to act in the same way. I don't have a solution for a happy median, but I think it's important media not push all the blame off onto other mediums.
That being said, the events at Sandy Hook Elementary have been heart wrenching and families of all the victims have my deepest sympathy.
Update: 8 January 2012. While reading The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran I ran across this quote which perfectly illistrates my point about when we should question/talk to God:
To those questioning why God would let this happen. God gave us free will and the ability to know right from wrong. Along with these liberties comes the responsibility of having to deal with the effects of our decided actions. We don't question God when we use our free will to make good decisions and things work out well for us, so why are we so quick to place blame when our judgement lapses??
To media blaming video games and movies, I have mixed feelings towards you. It would be an injustice to the victims to not report the story, but every time another event like this happens and it's broadcast, it motivates more unstable individuals to act in the same way. I don't have a solution for a happy median, but I think it's important media not push all the blame off onto other mediums.
That being said, the events at Sandy Hook Elementary have been heart wrenching and families of all the victims have my deepest sympathy.
Update: 8 January 2012. While reading The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran I ran across this quote which perfectly illistrates my point about when we should question/talk to God:
What is prayer but the expansion of yoruself into the living ether?
And if it is for your comfort to pour your darkness into space, it is also for your delight to pour forth the dawning of your heart.
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Insomnia Ponderings
I ran across this when I was up reading one sleepless night:
The passage reinforced a lesson I know but am still struggling to own: I can't control everything. Asking a higher power for help involves surrender. Therefore, I can't get upset and disregard it when I receive an answer I don't like instead of the pleasing one I was looking for. After all, why ask the source of infinite knowledge for insight if I'm not going to trust it??
It's a waste of time, effort and ultimately life to work in opposition of what's for me. I can do it but when I do, I'm wasting energy trying to maintain what I think will make me happy, something that needs to go so I can obtain what will truly make me happy.
Whether I like it or not, I need to accept that something being forced out of my life is the clearest sign I can get. It may be painful, but I have to be willing to accept that risk when I ask for help on this journey. Nobody said it was going to be easy.
When faced with a difficult life decision, I pray for a clear sign that will direct me closer to my best self. And by clear sign, I'm embarrassed to admit that I'm actually looking for ways to align reality with my vision of the best possible outcome.Our intuition is always trying to get us where we need to go in the best possible way. Sometimes this involves letting go of things that we are very attached to, and it may feel as if our life is falling apart. If we are pushed to let go of something, it may be because we no longer need it, or it's time for it to change form. - Shakti Gawain
The passage reinforced a lesson I know but am still struggling to own: I can't control everything. Asking a higher power for help involves surrender. Therefore, I can't get upset and disregard it when I receive an answer I don't like instead of the pleasing one I was looking for. After all, why ask the source of infinite knowledge for insight if I'm not going to trust it??
It's a waste of time, effort and ultimately life to work in opposition of what's for me. I can do it but when I do, I'm wasting energy trying to maintain what I think will make me happy, something that needs to go so I can obtain what will truly make me happy.
Whether I like it or not, I need to accept that something being forced out of my life is the clearest sign I can get. It may be painful, but I have to be willing to accept that risk when I ask for help on this journey. Nobody said it was going to be easy.
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I Heart DC
Having a large metropolitan area as a “hometown” comes with many headaches. For instance, when I was in journalism school, it was recommended that students intern with their hometown newspaper as an easy way of gaining experience. Easier said than done when your local paper is The Washington Post. I did end up getting that internship, but I had to use the typical Washington method way of working connections to even get my foot in the door.
Today, I came face-to-face with another stressor that comes with being a metropolitan native – dealing with transients. More specifically, how difficult it is being around people who have nothing to lose and everything to gain by living in your city.
Most people come to D.C. because they want to feel like they’re around power. It makes them feel important.
Unfortunately, these same people have a say in how our communities function. It’s frustrating to discuss community needs with people who wanted nothing to do with the city just 10 to 15 years ago because they heard it was “dirty” or dangerous” or whatever else. How can I take the opinions from the city’s fair-weather fans seriously when I know they’ll leave as soon as the city stops fulfilling their needs?
Maybe I care too much, but hear me out. I continue to live in this area and do what I can to improve it because I love it, not for what it can do for me, but for what it is, for better or for worse.
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