Lose Fear

I have been watching the news for a few hours during the day, today. Listening to Geraldo pound judgement on a man who is really a boy at heart. A small, scared, sick, possibly, or probably, insane little child.

Regardless of the feelings of any one in the world - each person is entitled to their opinion. Debate is a wonderful thing. But opinion has it's place. It's place should not be so blatently widespread on television. At least it should not be in the news. The media want to electrify the people who watch; really get to their emotion, instead of getting to the facts. It's purely for entertainment and generating chaos. It almost breeds the illness which is rampant throughout our population.

The illness of fear. I believe that fear is the root of all, so called evil. All of our bad, or destructive behaviors come from this fear.

Fear of all the terror surrounding us. Our instinct as self aware beings is to become defensive, and say "I'm not afraid, it's just ...". Not Everyone is born and raised in this fear. The happy, joyous, and free people don't. Don't think they are not there. All anyone has to do is really look around. Who do you think emergency workers and the heroes are in something like what happened at Virginia Tech.
They are the self-confident, fearless people in the world, that stand up and do their part to help another.

If you learn how to really become open minded about the fact that that boy did what he did, and all the chatter and hatred about what he did will not change it. It will continue to become more of a common occurance, unless we get to the bottom of why it happened on a mor realistic level.

More realistic in a way such as, most young people today have no idea what real love and acceptance is. Cho Seung-Hui is a classic example of how no one has the time to get to the root of his insecurities, and it literally escalates to a point of exploding in a hateful destructive manner. Some will argue, he should be responsible for seeking help. Well, most of us do not voluntarily seek therapy. It is a sometimes social stigma. It has gotten better, in large cities such as Los Angeles, or New Yourk City, but I believe it may not be as common in most communities.
Some organizations and institutions tend to promote status, and competition. they lose touch with the individual's ability to love and help others for the right reasons. .

It has been stated in the news, that people noticed this young man's problems, and chose not to get involved.

We can not "fix" people or make them drink when led to water, but we must do *something*!

We can not sit back and not become involved in helping another person in the world somehow. We can not do this until we find good intention and purpose in our own lives.

Take one look at the "man in the mirror" and ask if he listened to someone who needs to be listened to and affirmed today?

A great book I found to show you how to find the time to help others, is called

"Take Time For Your Life" by Cheryl Richardson

The book helps one balance his life and find peace if he stays open minded to suggestion. Suggestion from those around us that have what we really want...