Day 25: Thankful I live in a country where I can pose these questions and not be tortured or thrown in jail or worse. I guess I am struggling with the thought that many of us are faced with certain life-altering events that have now become commonplace, even trivial. I sometimes feel like the poster child for the "broken". Certainly Ann Coulter has rammed her frightful opinions on my life events down everyone's throats.
Single-mother? Check...Yup, root of all society's ills.
Breast Cancer survivor? Check...Yeah, yeah, whatever, doesn't every woman get that at some point in her life!? Quit your whining.
Lost everything through divorce? Check...You and 50% of all marriages. So, what's your problem?
Saddled with child's college tuition? Check...No one said he HAD to go to college.
Struggling with teenager's interest in drugs? Check...Ah come on, Mom, weed is legal in Colorado.
Became one of the midlife unemployed? Check...Jeez, you do cry about the most common maladies, don't you?!
So, my question is this, with these events now becoming so commonplace and inflicting people in our American society with such regularity, are we becoming immune to their impact? The severity of the impact? It leads me to the question of gun violence...when is enough really enough? It seems like we are spiraling further and further down the rabbit hole and no longer really seeking answers. Have we thrown up our hands and relinquished control to "whatever"? A phrase so often uttered by teenagers and adults alike nowadays.
Is it time to go back to the SmartPhone and watch another funny cat video on YouTube?
Single-mother? Check...Yup, root of all society's ills.
Breast Cancer survivor? Check...Yeah, yeah, whatever, doesn't every woman get that at some point in her life!? Quit your whining.
Lost everything through divorce? Check...You and 50% of all marriages. So, what's your problem?
Saddled with child's college tuition? Check...No one said he HAD to go to college.
Struggling with teenager's interest in drugs? Check...Ah come on, Mom, weed is legal in Colorado.
Became one of the midlife unemployed? Check...Jeez, you do cry about the most common maladies, don't you?!
So, my question is this, with these events now becoming so commonplace and inflicting people in our American society with such regularity, are we becoming immune to their impact? The severity of the impact? It leads me to the question of gun violence...when is enough really enough? It seems like we are spiraling further and further down the rabbit hole and no longer really seeking answers. Have we thrown up our hands and relinquished control to "whatever"? A phrase so often uttered by teenagers and adults alike nowadays.
Is it time to go back to the SmartPhone and watch another funny cat video on YouTube?
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