I
don't often post things of this nature since it seems a little moot
considering you can blindly throw a dart at a world map and hit a place
where good people are being senselessly killed everyday, sometimes by
their own governments. But I like going to movies, and I like Batman,
and I embrace the privilege of being able to sit in an air conditioned
movie theatre on a hot summer night whenever I can.
I
hyperlinked to this blog today while reading about the Colorado
shootings. The blog author was one of the people who died in the
incident (and who, unbelievably, was a survivor of the Toronto mall
shooting last month.) Her name was Jessica, 24, was from Texas, and was
on her way to becoming a sportscaster. Reading this blog entry, which is
quite clever and well-written but not very serious at all, reminds me
of any one of my friends who are equally as witty, talented, and
earmarked to do remarkable things.
We are all so unbelievably carefree until we're not.
I'm not sure why I wanted to share Jessica's blogpost here, but it
seems that she was a well-rounded user of social media, and as all of us
who are also social net junkies do, I'm sure she wouldn't mind the
share.
My thoughts are with the injured and the friends and
families of those killed in the Colorado shooting, and also with those
who witnessed the attack and will have that evening haunting their
memories for the rest of their lives.
Conflict is inherently
human, it is how we interact, process, learn and grow. Trauma, being an
extension of this, allows for a recovery process that is incredibly
painful but at that same time incredibly human. Who we are as a species
depends on how we heal ourselves.