A recent story in The Record got me thinking, again. How easily we affect and effect other lives in our sphere. How we handle jars to our psyches. You know what I’m talking about. Those things that happen in our lives out of the blue that send a ripple through our being. Those things that another human being’s actions caused that we have no control over.
I know no one directly or indirectly involved with this case. I have no facts other than what I recall from newspaper reports back then. Was it a drug-induced rage or a veteran suffering from psychic wounds that he was self-medicating? I believe it was both. He obviously had “issues”. Surely someone other than his bride knew this. Surely someone tried to intervene. Surely they were rebuffed. Surely lives were irrevocably altered because, in the end the psychosis won regardless of where or how it got started.
We have become a society focusing on citizen’s rights. Well, how about the responsibilities that come with being a citizen in the first place? We - as a society - have forgotten our responsibilities. That has got to change. Like it or not, YOU can make a difference. In fact, YOU make a difference to someone every day. YOU touch lives while interacting with those around you. YOU experience situations where you have to take sides. YOU effect outcomes that affect others. It’s time YOU took that responsibility seriously. It’s time WE all did.
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