We Have a Choice
Like yourself, I've been glued to the TV and internet over the last few days with the devastation that's taken place on the Gulf Coast of the US.
I was born in Biloxi, MS at Keesler AFB and New Orleans is where I call home. My mother and father were both born and raised in the city, as were both sets of Grandparents, aunts,uncles, cousins and extended family.
I am just in awe of what I'm witnessing. I won't even begin to discuss the looting and lawlessness.
Deep inside, though, I feel that at this point...we have a choice.
Since Saturday, I have been in a state of dispair, hurt, depression, anger and any other negative emotion you can contrive. I've not slept, made countless phone calls back to family in MS and LA trying to account for everyone. I've even been asked to start insurance and FEMA claims online for family who can't get through, or arent' able to get to the internet to do it themselves.
But as I said, we have a choice.
I say we because this isn't a case of just my family and loved ones. This is a case of us doing everything we can for our fellow brothers and sisters....known and unknown.
We have a choice to mobilize and transfer the negatitive energy about who's doing or not doing enough, into doing what WE can to create positive change.
We can choose to be glued to the television and succumb to the dispair we're witnessing or use that time and energy to get to work doing all the things we talk about in church every Saturday, Sunday, Wednesday and Friday.
We can choose to sympathize with our fellow man instead of passing judgement about the moral issues of what we're seeing.
We can seek out the good stories of people helping others instead of focusing on those few who would choose to act in a way that is in my opinion, completely unexplainable.
This could easily be any one of us. In any part of the US or the World....none of us is exempt from experiencing tragedy.
I charge you to, today...make a choice. Make a concerted effort to do what you can to live the best life that you can right now. Do what you can to make a difference in your families and your communities.
This is only the beginning....we have a long road ahead. But today, right now.....make a choice.
PosB
I was born in Biloxi, MS at Keesler AFB and New Orleans is where I call home. My mother and father were both born and raised in the city, as were both sets of Grandparents, aunts,uncles, cousins and extended family.
I am just in awe of what I'm witnessing. I won't even begin to discuss the looting and lawlessness.
Deep inside, though, I feel that at this point...we have a choice.
Since Saturday, I have been in a state of dispair, hurt, depression, anger and any other negative emotion you can contrive. I've not slept, made countless phone calls back to family in MS and LA trying to account for everyone. I've even been asked to start insurance and FEMA claims online for family who can't get through, or arent' able to get to the internet to do it themselves.
But as I said, we have a choice.
I say we because this isn't a case of just my family and loved ones. This is a case of us doing everything we can for our fellow brothers and sisters....known and unknown.
We have a choice to mobilize and transfer the negatitive energy about who's doing or not doing enough, into doing what WE can to create positive change.
We can choose to be glued to the television and succumb to the dispair we're witnessing or use that time and energy to get to work doing all the things we talk about in church every Saturday, Sunday, Wednesday and Friday.
We can choose to sympathize with our fellow man instead of passing judgement about the moral issues of what we're seeing.
We can seek out the good stories of people helping others instead of focusing on those few who would choose to act in a way that is in my opinion, completely unexplainable.
This could easily be any one of us. In any part of the US or the World....none of us is exempt from experiencing tragedy.
I charge you to, today...make a choice. Make a concerted effort to do what you can to live the best life that you can right now. Do what you can to make a difference in your families and your communities.
This is only the beginning....we have a long road ahead. But today, right now.....make a choice.
PosB
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