I heard a speaker recently speak on a subject that was painful to listen to. He spoke eloquently of this subject, so eloquently that many cried in the audience. But, the points he was trying to make caused many to go to the emotional core of their being to hear of the injustice being perpetrated by one person on another. It was P-A-I-N-F-U-L to hear. People filled with selfish interests abusing others or betraying trusts with others.
Then I thought of all the behaviors in life that cause pain. Children who ignore their parents' careful upbringing turning to lifestyles that lead them astray and into places of correction to their behavior cause endless streams of tears and grief. Spouses who call their mates and declare that love is over, nevermind that 4 children will be affected, stun the listening mate at first, but very soon tears follow by the gallon. Grandparents adopt grandchildren because their own children bottom out under the strain of society and are washed away to sea, and the grand parents will be 78 when the youngest grandchild graduates from high school.
Sadness, badness, cruelty and injustice everywhere. I say EVERYWHERE - every corner of the world. Tears are falling every moment of the day and night. One would think, judging from the sheer amount of pain inflicted by one person on another, that tears would run dry. They don't. And, when I think of the sadness and pain, I think more people should cry. There are enough tears being shed in one sense because people weep as a result of their pain. But, in a sense, not enough people cry.
Why are we such a cruel lot, we humans? WAKE UP PEOPLE! Cry for somebody. And then, act loudly against all that person's cruelty and injustice. One person at a time. One tear at a time.
