Last few days have seen terrible blood shed, killings by terrorists, police killing , police officers shot dead , The IS threat hanging like Macbeth's sword all over the world, 28 people in a cafe in Bangladesh killed , hacked by terrorists, who were also killed . 55 people killed in Orlando massacre and the killer also killed. 200 people killed in Baghdad by suicide bombers. Killing, Killing and more killing.
What struck me is each and every human being is born to a mother (parents actually) - Every child is brought up with so much love and care. There is a family which is the web of relationships around each and every individual. The loss of any member of a family is so deeply painful and inflicts a lifetime of sadness - parents mourn the loss of their daughter or son , children lose parents, and so many more loss. A mother's anguish and pain over the loss of a child is universal - be it black, white, muslim, American , any religion, any region of the world. And the pain does not go away ever. And AVOIDABLE totally. Why mankind has come to this state of affairs? Infact every killing saddens me as a mother - I feel the pain. How did we lose compassion for each other ? Life is so short, such a wonderful gift , it can be so so beautiful for all of us individually and together.
When each of us is born, we are born into a religion which is a set of beliefs. We are born with that color those features. My cultural beliefs are deeply embedded in me having been born into it. That does not mean I have to disrespect the other person's belief system or color or whatever differences. And no religion should be forced on anybody including the one we are born into. There is space for all in this vast world with so much of natural resources and so much of beauty.
Another undoing of mankind is the invention of guns which have become weapons of easy killing of one another. Shoot, bang , dead. Permanent pain to another human being.
It is high time we as one race get together and think how we can co-exist in peace . I feel for all the mothers today who have lost a son or daughter in this mindless killing and are inconsolable, mourning , wishing it had not happened, wishing to see their son or daughter walk into their life once again.
A mother's pain is universal.
What struck me is each and every human being is born to a mother (parents actually) - Every child is brought up with so much love and care. There is a family which is the web of relationships around each and every individual. The loss of any member of a family is so deeply painful and inflicts a lifetime of sadness - parents mourn the loss of their daughter or son , children lose parents, and so many more loss. A mother's anguish and pain over the loss of a child is universal - be it black, white, muslim, American , any religion, any region of the world. And the pain does not go away ever. And AVOIDABLE totally. Why mankind has come to this state of affairs? Infact every killing saddens me as a mother - I feel the pain. How did we lose compassion for each other ? Life is so short, such a wonderful gift , it can be so so beautiful for all of us individually and together.
When each of us is born, we are born into a religion which is a set of beliefs. We are born with that color those features. My cultural beliefs are deeply embedded in me having been born into it. That does not mean I have to disrespect the other person's belief system or color or whatever differences. And no religion should be forced on anybody including the one we are born into. There is space for all in this vast world with so much of natural resources and so much of beauty.
Another undoing of mankind is the invention of guns which have become weapons of easy killing of one another. Shoot, bang , dead. Permanent pain to another human being.
It is high time we as one race get together and think how we can co-exist in peace . I feel for all the mothers today who have lost a son or daughter in this mindless killing and are inconsolable, mourning , wishing it had not happened, wishing to see their son or daughter walk into their life once again.
A mother's pain is universal.
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