I get what you are saying. At times when things like Baltimore go on I get overwhelmed with it all. My heart breaks for my kids and for the things that they an others encounter because they are or are not the "right skin color". The anger, despair, confusion, depression, all of it is valid and can be consuming. Of course there are those who will be paralyzed by it all, and there are also those who will lash out in whatever ways they can.
How healing starts is within each person, individually and in doing what we can in our own families and communities. Use all those feelings for something constructive and productive. It can all be a very powerful energy to empower people to do all sorts of things. It's your choice how you choose to use that energy. We need strong leaders. We need them in our homes, in our families, neighborhoods, workplaces, communities. That doesn't come from somewhere else, it comes from us. Each one of us. But that means that we need to stop waiting for someone else and do what we can in our own lives each day.
It's easy (and understandable) to give up, become jaded, not want to trust people, and all sorts of other things. And that's ok, really. But, for me I have to ask myself, if that's really how I want life to be? If not, then I might have to take the risk in trusting people and interacting with them. Yah, sometimes (oftentimes maybe) it may mean ending up disappointed or hurt. Everything has costs and benefits in life.
Amazing things often come out of horrible tragedies.
