It was dark. Not pitch black, but dark enough to the point that I could only see the silhouette of my mom to my right. The music began playing along with the animated music videos displayed on the big screen. The screen was outlined with reds, greens, blues; all vibrant enough to light up the sky. The fog machines started on queue with the burst of controlled flame to the right and left of the colorful screen. The lights turned into lasers and began to dance through the sky and across the hundreds of faces.
All I could think about was that this would be the opportune place for a shooting to take place. Why did a laser show, that I attended on a weekend camping trip with my family, turn into me watching my surrounds more so than the show itself.
What is happening to our world?
Kids are shooting kids. Men are raping women, women are raping men. Domestic violence is looked over. Pedophilia is in full swing due to the ever present use, or in this case abuse, of technology. People are dying because of their sexuality. Serial killers are topping the charts. Inequality is ever present in our, now societal proclaimed, cliques. Some police are practicing brutality instead of utilizing what they were trained to do. Children are being sold for sex and drugs. The same drugs in which are killing by the hundreds. Depression. Anxiety. Suicide. People are starving. People are dying in movie theaters, at marathons, in church, at school, on base, at work. Friend turns on friend and in the same way so do brothers. War. So much death, hurt, tears.
What is happening to our world?
We are White, African-American, Asian, Jewish, Christian, Buddhist, Muslim, Gay, Straight, Transgender. We are moms, daughters, sisters, nieces, aunts, grandchildren, grandparents, uncles, nephews, brothers, sons, dads. We are teachers, social workers, police officers, garbage men, managers, priests, unemployed, laid-off, working class. We drive vans, trucks, SUV's, old cars, new cars, expensive cars, cheap cars. The lives we live, although they are all so unique don't forget that; we all have a heart, a brain, lungs, a kidney or two, a stomach, veins, blood. We all work the same on the inside even though we aren't the same on the outside. We disagree. We love we hate. We are all just trying to survive the best way we know how. But is the way that we are living destroying a life of another? Don't ask yourself what is happening to our world... Ask yourself if you are a part of the bad... Find the good, dwell on that. With all the bad in this world we need to grasp every second of happiness that we can, and hang on with all of our might.
