Why?

Sometimes, there’s a news story that seems more dramatic than others.  The content is just as dire or disturbing as the others yet, for an explicable reason, it grips you.  And then you begin wondering . . .

Have brutality and callousness, and insensitivity become everyday norms?  What is wrong with people that they can so easy beat up—and kill—another living being?

Do these individuals experience qualms or regrets?  Can they look themselves in the mirror and feel no shame, disgust, or misgiving? 

We truly never know what lies around the corner.  A cheer-filled celebration, simple walk or jog, or long-anticipated vacation could well be the last.  The joy we felt . . . destroyed in a blink.  The hopes and dreams . . . wiped out forever.

It’s been said that media has contributed to desensitization.  Given what’s happening in the world, this seems quite plausible.  But where does it stop?  When does it stop?  Could a “Mad Max” world be far off?

Here’s to keeping the faith, that the world becomes a better place and people are more prone to sober thought than angry or senseless action.  Some may call this a pipe dream.  I call it: optimism.