given the climate of terrorism and racism recently...
let's try --
let's try --
compassion.
the idea is simple.
pierce the heart of the enemy -- not with the bullet or arsenal, but with the pure soul's battle cry.
after all, it has been said that we have more in common than indifference amongst this human race. the complexity exists in stripping away the separation to find that purity of soul.
even I second guess any attempt at a naive try.
how could forces so hell-bent on destruction be moved by something that speaks so squarely to its own humanity?
really, do we even hold the same definition of humanity?
moreover, could appealing to one's humanity persuade another so willing to snuff out human life to choose nonviolence?
even in the wake of these unanswerable questions, i ask the humane among us:
what would your letter be to a person set to carry out a murderous, perhaps suicidal, plot against lives to persuade them to choose peace instead?
yes, i do ask for a work of words so profound that brainwashing and hate could be penetrated by a shared concept of good news to us all.
is it possible?
maybe not.
but, then again, maybe.
yet and still,
the naivete can only be surpassed by the need to try...
