A Boston State of Mindfullness

Bringing ones attention to the tragic event that took place on the streets of our great city of Boston, should be an eye-opening realization of the difficulties that lie ahead in our processing of this horrific event.  We must help our fellow man begin to navigate from the traumatic pictures of this horrific event stored in our minds eye, to become mindful pictures of the needs of others in our own daily lives. We need to make a conscious effort to turn this tragedy into a vigilant and cognizant mind parade of love, hope and compassion, not a parade of retaining pain, suffering, and revenge.

When tragedies like this one happens in America, a process begins in our heads as to find ways to cope with and understand the one numbing question; why? What could possibly drive someone to commit such a crime? We may never find out the answer to that question , nor fully understand the answer even if we someday find it. What are we to do?

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The answer to this question lies within all who seek it, and we must seek it in order to have any hope of working through this process of understanding and coping.  Love is the only possible answer and we must begin right now, before it is too late, to understand that the essence of life is love, and we must deposit that love within the hearts of others.

We need to do this now, today, if not for ourselves, for the innocent Americans who upon awakening on Monday to cheer on their loved ones, not knowing that this day would be their last. Let us also pray  for the survivors and their families, whose lives have been tragically changed forever. Let us honor the dead by sanctifying our values, by affirming life and all those things that make us stronger and bring us closer together. These things we must remember to remember.

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Life is short and what matters most is how we choose to live it. Dig into your heart today and find God's love, build a bridge, and deposit that love where you already know it belongs. This is not something you can deposit in the bank. Let not this act of violence and cowardliness keep us from running to the finish line.

Isolation is a bad destination. Life makes more sense when we're connected.