Perhaps you and I need to look at suffering people in our world from a new perspective. We all know the lonely person in others or ourselves who, through so many disturbing behaviors, is asking, “Please recognize me, please love me.” Human suffering is so often an expression of our extreme need to feel genuinely loved, and when we know nothing about the first love, we turn to others who cannot offer us the love we need. It is then that the cry moves us toward violence.
