Change

Today I have had to admit that I have made a mistake and some of my core values are flawed. I have looked at some important things using numbers and statistics, justifying to myself that, at times, there are acceptable losses. I am not saying that there are not times when this is true, but I now see that those times are only when the losses are material in nature. I am talking about greater things than money and property. The loss of life is not something to be taken lightly. Those numbers we use to define parts of the population, calling them mortality rates or other things that mean the same, represent people's lives, families broken, and sadness; real loss.

Do I believe that everyone can be saved? No, I am not foolish and know that life is so much more complicated than that. But, I will not allow those things to be just numbers anymore. I am going to see them for what they truly are and give them the reverence they deserve. I will morn those losses with those who have suffered them.

This statement may seem foolish to some and maybe it is. I am no one important, I have no influence or authority above that of any other common man. But. I am not admitting my shortcomings because I hope to change anything in this world. I am writing this for myself, the only thing I can really change. Myself, my core beliefs, the way I see the world and the way I treat the people of it. Thanks for listening.