tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045822055705191078.post7541281396752061841..comments2023-10-09T08:41:52.719-04:00Comments on Billy Shore, bearing witness: letter to my colleagues the morning after the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary SchoolBilly Shore, Bearing Witnesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16731959779123510152noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045822055705191078.post-41637675463904586592012-12-15T10:59:03.461-05:002012-12-15T10:59:03.461-05:00Hmm. We don't blame cars and booze for drunk ...Hmm. We don't blame cars and booze for drunk driving deaths that kill way more people a year, and yet, we blame guns for this horrible tragedy. Kinda hypocritical, don't you think. Remember that the next time you have a 'harmless' glass or two of wine. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045822055705191078.post-5020767191887620592012-12-15T09:31:12.687-05:002012-12-15T09:31:12.687-05:00The senseless losses in Connecticut and globally a...The senseless losses in Connecticut and globally are indeed worthy of our great lament--and action. May we always allow our grief to inform a deeper, ever more cherished understanding of this human experience--and of the power of our own active compassion in the face of an evil that emerges in the forms of mental and physical unhealth. A laser-sharp focus is required in the search for solutions while a concentrated indwelling in the present makes appropriate space for the healthy, humane responses we call sorrow and pain.<br /><br />In the past, I have liked the phrase, "Let the change begin with me." Today it seems too passive. I am now actively looking for strategies to make this more than a pleasant-sounding wish. That said, I have a great worry as I see people rushing to a legislative response to an emergence of evil. (Selah.) A colleague recently discovered that he has high cholesterol when he was told that he had been prescribed medication for the same. I shared with him that--when I learned I had high cholesterol--my physician prescribed changes in my diet and lifestyle. Now 80 lbs lighter, I wonder, is our rush to law the same as a rush to the pharmacy? Can we really legislate and prescribe wellness, or is it corporately developed through an ethic of nurturing and care? Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16531895050491621700noreply@blogger.com