I read with horror the story of a poor little innocent angel, who wondered off from her mother's care onto a busy street in China, only to be knocked over. Not once, but TWICE, while people failed to stop to offer assistance, even just riding around her oblivious to her plight and pain.
How have we become so insensitive, so callous? Surely we need to acknowledge that behaviour does not only affect me and you, but everyone.
I know there are many who have taken advantage of the human spirit with criminal intent, pretending to be in trouble, only to rob and beat those that stop to help. But a 2-year old child.........there is no excuse.
What a sad state the world is in, placing more value on materialistic things than on values such as love, compassion, courage, empathy....
"You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end, each of us must work for our own improvement and, at the same time, share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful."
Marie Curie
I don't know about you, but I've had ENOUGH!!! So, what can be done about all this apart from ensuring that I practice what I preach and set a good example? How do we get buy in from our communities as a whole? How do we remind each other that money is not all that matters? That the Hilton's, Kardashian's and E! Reality TV stars of the world, are in actual fact, not a true reflection of what it means to have value or be valuable.
How? What will be the straw that breaks the camel's back?
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