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More Listening, Less Fighting.

More Love, Less Hate.

By Norma CrennaPublished 4 years ago 4 min read
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We continue living in hard times. The pandemic has become a nightmare. We lost hope, and we lost humanity; we lost love for each other. It is a pandemic, indeed. In the news, we can see hate, abuses, murder, assaults. Mother against son, teenager killing each other with firearms. What is that we are thinking? We are fighting against each other for minimal or no reason. We are not listening to what others have to say. We are spreading hate, not love; we supposed to be a better generation with the capability to make the world a better place for our children. Instead, we are showing our young ones how to fight, how to spread hate. What is happening to us? Where are we trying to go with all this hate? History has shown us plenty of times. Nobody wins in war; we all lose. It is hard to see how people are fighting against each other. Instead of fighting the pandemic, I am starting to believe that the only epidemic around us is us. It is painful to see a child getting hurt because adults decided that the best way to learn is by getting injured in a protest. A child getting hurt because of skin color, sexual orientation, for their social status. What are we accomplishing with this reaction? Our kids are watching us fighting and getting hurt. They are learning from us. From our examples, we need to stop and take a good look at us and our actions. Last week, I watched the news as I do every day; I chose to do it once a day only because it is too much negativity. But in one of the videos, they show, and this breaks my heart. A kid was playing in the front of his home. And when he saw a police force car, he hides behind the family vehicle, a kid it is not feeling safe. Look at the point we are that a kid hides from police, it is something to think about and reflect. Kids watch television all the time, and now that they are home, even more. Can you imagine what cross that kid's mind for him to decide to hide and feel like he is going to get hurt? I see my kids watching the news, and I ask them to tell me what they think of the story. My son, twelve years old, answered. "It is sad to know that I can go out and maybe not coming back." If we cannot make our kids feel safe, nobody can help us. No matter what your line of work is, our kids need to feel safe from the outside world. When I was growing up, the police use to be a symbol of order, protection, a hero. What happens with that, where all that went? Who are we going to call when we are in trouble? And after all these trouble times. How are the new roles for police? How are they going to act now, after all the fighting and lawsuit? What is normal, and what is not? Who decides where it is the limits? So, many questions, and I cannot find the answer, should we follow the news? It seems like we have a new standard, wears a mask, practices social distancing, calls the police if you are in trouble, but be ready with a handbook to know what is right and what is wrong. People looking for justice for their loved ones that got killed by the police do not know how to act. Should they use force? Yes and No. Protect citizens but not too much to the point of going over the line. Citizens call police but are ready, and you never know how it is going to end. Until we stop and analyze what we are doing, we will not come to a solution. We got to the point where we do not know how to act. We do not know who is right and who is wrong. But one thing is for sure. We are losing our values, our loved one, think hard, please. Stop the hate pandemic! Listen more, Love More. Less Fight, Less Hate.

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