Spiritual Sunday~~ I continue to be heartbroken at the loss of Elie Wiesel! In the 1980's I was in high school and learned about Mr. Wiesel and read his book "Night." Reading his book was not an easy task because I'm dyslexic. I struggle at pronouncing unknown words and I'm an exceptionally slow reader but Mr. Wiesel's book kept me inspired to keep reading and motivated me to do a lot of self-reflection. How can I live in a world that allows such injustice? How can I just stand by and let bad thing happen to others? I knew I couldn't! I knew that I had to help others! Although I was just a teenager I knew my purpose in life was to work on making the world a better place.
Elie Wiesel's life lessons became a part of the fabric of my soul and I re-read his work often, especially on audio. There is so much to learn about ourselves and the world around us. I guess this is why I struggle to understand why people have hate and negativity? I just don't get it! How can someone intentionally harm someone else - physically, mentally, socially, emotionally...? It makes me sick to my stomach when I hear someone justify their actions - tell me that the other person had it coming, that they had to right to defend themselves, that it's the person's own fault for being poor.... How can you not see from another person's perspective?
I work daily to live with integrity and yet see and experience so much hate and indifference. I don't understand how some people don't comprehend that what we focus on we expand. When we attempt to make the world a better place by fighting the "War on drugs" or the "War on guns" or "Anti-bullying" all we are doing is magnifying drugs, guns, bullying... We need to teach empathy, compassion, and HELP those addicted. War begets war and eventually there is so much war, hatred, violence that people become immune and indifferent. I learned from "Elie Wiesel "Indifference to me, is the epitome of all evil."
People are so self-absorbed with material items, money, status, and number of "likes" and followers on social media that they have lost most of their humanity. I have sat in school meetings where the staff fights hard against providing an education to a child. Often they blame the child or parents for the fact that the child is not learning instead of taking responsibility and teaching the child appropriately. I could tell you some horrific stories about how those who are paid to educate our children attack them by blaming and shaming them. Educators are not paid to crush the self-esteem of children yet is accepted and condoned all the time. Sports coaches often do the same things. But why is all this allowed - why do people in power think they have the right to break the spirit of another person.
As a counselor I am helping many people overcome the traumas from their childhood. It is heartbreaking to hear the stories about teachers, coaches, and even parents causing such damage to another human-being. "Every single human-being is a unique human-being and therefore it is so criminal to do something to that human-being- he or she represents humanity."
So here's what you can do to make the world a better place... YOU CAN MAKE YOU BETTER. YOU CAN LIFE YOUR LIFE EVERY DAY WITH INTEGRITY! YOU CAN WORK HARD TO SEE ANOTHER PERSON'S PERSPECTIVE AND YOU CAN FOCUS ON HOW TO THINK AND FEEL DEEPER!
Elie Wiesel's life lessons became a part of the fabric of my soul and I re-read his work often, especially on audio. There is so much to learn about ourselves and the world around us. I guess this is why I struggle to understand why people have hate and negativity? I just don't get it! How can someone intentionally harm someone else - physically, mentally, socially, emotionally...? It makes me sick to my stomach when I hear someone justify their actions - tell me that the other person had it coming, that they had to right to defend themselves, that it's the person's own fault for being poor.... How can you not see from another person's perspective?
I work daily to live with integrity and yet see and experience so much hate and indifference. I don't understand how some people don't comprehend that what we focus on we expand. When we attempt to make the world a better place by fighting the "War on drugs" or the "War on guns" or "Anti-bullying" all we are doing is magnifying drugs, guns, bullying... We need to teach empathy, compassion, and HELP those addicted. War begets war and eventually there is so much war, hatred, violence that people become immune and indifferent. I learned from "Elie Wiesel "Indifference to me, is the epitome of all evil."
People are so self-absorbed with material items, money, status, and number of "likes" and followers on social media that they have lost most of their humanity. I have sat in school meetings where the staff fights hard against providing an education to a child. Often they blame the child or parents for the fact that the child is not learning instead of taking responsibility and teaching the child appropriately. I could tell you some horrific stories about how those who are paid to educate our children attack them by blaming and shaming them. Educators are not paid to crush the self-esteem of children yet is accepted and condoned all the time. Sports coaches often do the same things. But why is all this allowed - why do people in power think they have the right to break the spirit of another person.
As a counselor I am helping many people overcome the traumas from their childhood. It is heartbreaking to hear the stories about teachers, coaches, and even parents causing such damage to another human-being. "Every single human-being is a unique human-being and therefore it is so criminal to do something to that human-being- he or she represents humanity."
So here's what you can do to make the world a better place... YOU CAN MAKE YOU BETTER. YOU CAN LIFE YOUR LIFE EVERY DAY WITH INTEGRITY! YOU CAN WORK HARD TO SEE ANOTHER PERSON'S PERSPECTIVE AND YOU CAN FOCUS ON HOW TO THINK AND FEEL DEEPER!
Elie Wiesel was an amazing man with so much to give and offer. I saw his visit to Auschwitz with Oprah and it moved me deeply.
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