Complaints? Dissatisfaction? Disappointments?
They all are minor when in comparison to major earthquakes such as one which hit countries of Turkey and Syria recently. Earlier this week 7,800 were estimated dead in the two countries. The death toll earlier this week was expected to continue to rise.
We have been fortunate with limited damaging earthquakes in our Country. The same day the earthquake hit in Turkey and Syria, a modest earthquake shook Buffalo, slightly. It was hardly noticeable in the United States. We should be grateful. More than grateful. Disaster is a word that can be relative. The earthquake this week can be called a major disaster. A political operative who disagrees with president Joe Biden and wants to score points by saying the Biden State of the Union speech was a disaster, should in effect rethink the adjective.
When a true disaster strikes, our worries, complaints, dissatisfactions, disappointments, disappear, or, certainly should disappear. Instead who should keep company with gratitude? What if there were nearly 8,000 bodies dead in the U.S. in just a few days? We may not know when an unforeseen disaster may arise. In the meantime, we can be grateful.
• The scene in Memphis with the beating to death of one person by a group of police personnel is a disaster. In the U.S. we would like to think that we have made progress in many ways in respect for life, however, such a situation is a disaster. Race may enter into the equation, however, a lack of true respect for life and liberty, have encroached on the scene far too often in our Country. We must bring back respect for life, one day at a time. What may be seen as a problem, likely is not a problem. As a society we must find greater true respect for other individuals, both in police situations and outside police situations.
Respect, deference, trust, can be earned and can be given. We should practice them each day. We must not be deterred when another person does not live by those codes. Gratitude, respect, positivity, are together.