The Silent Cry

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The cry we never hear see or are even able to touch…. or do we?

How do you explain something that is not even tangible to a world that requires physical proof, how do you describe a heart that has been shattered and a spirit that has been broken down due to so many people that would do anything at any cost in order to be right. What has happened to the basic right to be an individual? Are we so afraid of change and people being different than we are, that we will go to any lengths to prove that we are the only ones that have any right or reason with regards to our humanity? Are we so insecure in our own truth about ourselves that we choose to go to war, one nation against another, or destroy with any means available to us at the time, just so that we don’t have to look at the very simple question that lies at the root of all violence: Why don’t we acknowledge and respect the differences between us? To my knowledge no two people have the same DNA structure and I believe this to be applicable to nations as well as their cultures, no two structures are the same. Where do we get our structures from?

From my perspective we are taught our structures from the time we are born. The question that we all need to ask ourselves is: What are we teaching our children that create our nations?

Do we teach them to Love one another?

Do we allow them to follow their own hearts in their journeys in life?

Do we teach them through example the right of individuality by expressing that to all those that come into our lives?

Do we teach them that part of life is making mistakes and that that is how we learn?

Do we teach them to be patient with him/herself, for life is a process?

Do we teach them of their own self-worth?

Do we teach them to nourish their own spirits by standing in their own truth?

Do we teach them that life is worth living to the very fullest?

Or are we simply teaching them to conform and be like everyone else so that they can get ahead in life?

Until we learn to teach this to our children in our societies in every nation we will not have peace among our nations, for our children make up our nations and only emulate what they see, not what they hear. It is time we all take responsibility on an individual level what kind of world we choose to create!

Can this cry ever be heard? Indeed it can for we see it and hear of it in every culture around the world in the forms of: Violence, racism, drug abuse, sexual abuse, physical abuse, emotional abuse, children and adults who are illiterate, homeless people, people who are starving, wars between nations, wars on a personal and political level within nations, the deprivation of basic human rights on every level!

WHAT ARE YOU TEACHING YOUR CHILDREN?

~ Rev. Michaelle Douglas (M.Div.)