There’s Nothing New Under the Sun3/24/2018 Hey everyone! A day late and a dollar short, as you can see with this blog post because it’s Sunday. Not Saturday. Oh well. This blog might end up being short or kinda long, we shall see where inspiration takes me, but gun violence and the changing world we live in is what’s on the menu today! Even though as I write this it’s closer to bed time than it is to any meal time... Anyway, all joking aside, this world we live in is scary. But guess what? It always has been. Nothing is new. It’s just in modern day, we have this thing called “technology” and “the media” that blows everything out of proportion and shoves information down our throats. Don’t get me wrong, technological advancements are good in many aspects, but every pro has its cons. In this case, the con is that we are constantly fed bad, depressing, evil things, more so than the good and beautiful things that happen in the world. This often leaves us hopeless and lost. We all get that way sometimes, right? And that’s okay. But I just want to remind you all that this evil in the world isn’t any worse than it once was. “Well, back when I was a kid the world wasn’t as bad as it was today” -Some 80 year old woman Sorry to break it to you, but it probably was, just on a different scale. And back then, the media and technology weren’t the center of the universe and depressingly all consuming peoples lives. So there was bad, you just didn’t know about it in your nice little neighborhood digging up mud pies with the street kids. Things change but at the same time they don’t really. And with change comes adaptation, and humans are HIGHLY adaptable. But dearest and sweetest 80 year old lady, I grew up digging mud pies with the neighborhood kids too. There is something we have in common despite our generation gap. See what I mean? Some things never change. It’s all about our upbringing, not generation or age. In my head, I see it as this circle with different things that were bad during different time periods and I see this circle just spinning. So for example, mafia gang violence was a big deal in the 1920s, now mafias aren’t seen or talked about much, modernly, but school shootings have taken the place of the attention the Mafia once had in the ‘20s. There isn’t a degree to evil. Evil is evil. The mafia is as evil as kids shooting up school buildings. It’s just that now, we don’t have mafias cashing BIG problems and deaths as often as we did in the past. The evil has now transferred over to school shootings which were very uncommon when the Mafias WERE common. See what I mean? I hope that made sense. If not PLEASE feel free to email me. Let’s talk about it. But what goes around comes around, it’s all full circle. (#Karma) In this industrial and technological generation, everything may seem bad and dark but I mean, c’mon, God flooded the ENTIRE earth excluding 8 people and a multitude of animals because of how EVIL it was. Obviously we aren’t doing too bad because the earth hasn’t imploded. Therefore, that is why I believe it will all be okay. Just because things are different, doesn’t mean they aren’t simultaneously the same. There is still SO much good in the world. I personally believe there’s MORE good than bad. We just have to look and focus a little harder because it’s raining. But rain makes the flowers grow, everyone! Don’t let the curtain of “raindrops” block your view of what’s in front of you and what is to come. Good exists. Good is within you. Now, gun violence... some people may be rolling their eyes at me right now for speaking on this topic, and that’s okay. To have an opinion is to care. However, I don’t really have a “side” I’m on in this gun debate. I just know that somethings gotta give. In the past weekend, there have been two, not one, but TWO incidents involving public shootings in my town of roughly 27,000 people. I am beyond saddened about this because it’s just something we can never plan for or expect enough, yet it’s also not surprising at all considering the current events. Coincidentally, the “March for Our Lives” also took place this weekend and has been a hot topic of conversation for a while now. Some people say the government needs to do better, some people blame the parents of the generation of young adults I belong to, some people blame the persons doing the violence, and some people blame guns themselves. They all have an opinion and have the right to express it. That is why the March for our Lives doesn’t bother me and why I’m not judging these people. They are protesting in a mature manner rather than stirring up violence and causing mayhem (as far as I know. I haven’t kept up with this march too in depth). Its the first amendment: the right to PEACEFULLY protest. once it gets violent, then you are breaking the law. Anyway, I’m not here to tell you which side I’m on and why you should agree with me. I’m here to give you hope I’m this chaos. The truth is, I don’t know what is going to fix this shooting epidemic. I am not sure what would actually work. I have thought of many ideas such as new laws being passed or gun laws becoming more strict, and many other things that many of you have also thought about. However, I still don’t know what the answer is or what is a surefire way to fix this. And that’s okay. It’s not my job or your job to fix it because that’s not in our power, but within Gods. However, we can HELP. A bunch of small steps still gets you to the destination. All I, as a human, can do is spread positivity in this dark time and pray for guidance for every single person living on earth right now. Guidance that we make the right choices and do the right actions to help end this evil or to at least get it under control. Guidance that our leaders make the right decisions to protect us. And justice to be served to those of the evil doing. No matter how bad things get in the world or personally, don’t ever give up because pain ends and with it comes strength. It will all be okay. History repeats itself. Make the second time around a good one. Live life without fear, despite how scary things get because fear is a cage. Just because the world SEEMS worse doesn’t mean it factually IS worse. Be the hopeful. Be the change. It will be okay, for there is nothing new under the sun. With love,
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3/25/2018 10:40:30 pm
I loved this article!
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Ellie
3/26/2018 09:05:49 am
Thank you so much! As for a solution to these world problems, I’ve decided to fight back with kindness. Many of the problems we have root to people’s self conflict and pain/ struggles so if I can help by being kind to everyone and making them feel as if they are worth something and that they have a purpose here on earth, I am helping them get to a better state of inner peace. I also try to help others by offering coping skills to these conflicts so that they can cope in a healthy and safe manner not only to themselves but unto others as well. Kindness can end violence. Slowly, but surely. That’s all I have figured out for now but hopefully my generation and I will be the one of change to make this place better than how it was when we entered the world. Thanks for reading!
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