I have always ached when I've been witness to inhumane, cheating, lying, hateful, hurtful behavior great or small.
I have always been forgiving when well-meaning people have good intentions, but make mistakes.
I have always tried to do my best and have apologized for the errors I have made throughout my life.
I know that no person has the monopoly on goodness, truth, justice, peace, and good living, and I have had the great privilege to know, live with, work with and be inspired by countless amazing, hard working, incredible people throughout my life.
It is frightening to live in a world that gives too much power to evil people who strike at innocents, destroy, harm, and hurt. It is frightening to speak out against those that wield great power, but how can we sit back and just watch the senseless, painful destruction anywhere in our world. What can we do?
Together we must speak out loudly in anyway we can against such evil individuals and the hate, harm, and hurt they promote. We can speak out via social media, letter writing, phone calls, protesting, donations, and via any power or work we have that can make a difference.
We must take the power we have to choose, vote, support, advocate, and work for better seriously--we cannot simply stand back and let the hate and harm happen. We have to work for change with speed and focus.
I don't know exactly what to do in the face of Putin-driven destruction and death, but I do hope that someone close to him will remove him from the situation as soon as possible and return the region to peace and diplomacy. If he were my brother, father, friend, boss, lover or partner, I would do what I could to remove him from the situation as soon as possible in order to save lives because to allow someone close to you to commit such crimes against humanity makes you guilty too.
In the meantime, I will follow these rules for living:
- do what I can when I can to uplift lives
- be as kind and loving as possible
- use only my share of resources
- promote positivity and good living as much as possible
- help out as much as possible
Onward