The Bologna Blog

Be the seed planted in God's soil.

I will never understand the taking of human life. Murder, in any form, is deplorable. If just one murder goes unnoticed or denounced, we fail our test of compassion for humanity. The social, religious, ethnic, political, or gender affiliation of the victim has no bearing on the stature of our loss. Outrage should follow the loss of an individual or the massacre of many.
The loss to our society is the potential stipped from our communities with the death of just one. Each human being carries with them the hope of giving us a better society and a better humanity. When one person is struck down, a little bit of our hope dies with them. If we become complacent in the death of our brothers, so to will they. Hatred spreads in an evil fashion. Compassion has the power to grow and be uplifting. Empathy is the vine that crosses all walks of life. Be the seed planted in God's soil. Reach out to others. Let's put a stop to the violence.