Adolf Hitler’s invasion of Poland in September 1939 drove Great Britain and France to declare war on Germany, marking the beginning of World War II.
Why should anyone of us think that the situation right now with #IsraelPalestine is any less triggering? As we go on with our normal lives, is the loss of HUMAN lives in Palestine/ Israel any less important? I mark the word intrinsic to us in caps. I had to.
Loss and lack of human dignity anywhere in the world should be close to home, close to our identity as HUMAN BEINGS. Can we all stop thinking like our lives are untouched??? As there is a social media upheaval on social media with two sides constantly debating on what's more horrendous, I feel conflicted as a consumer of social media.
Would it have been better if I were only exposed to creative outlets focusing on fine arts, music and crafts? Yes, to my sensitive mind, all the mindful actions on propagating our fine senses, imagery and colors would have been enough. However, the social media algorithm seems more persistent on exposing me to the ugly reality which is happening outside of my pretty and somewhat curated sensibilities.
As a person with rather sensitive predilections, what goes on outside my imagination, in the real world, affects me. Given all that I have been noticing with the crisis in Middle East, my layperson understanding of the same, I cannot ignore the same.
I realize that the prelude to my dilemma as a human being is somewhat extensive (write that off to the romantic at heart), how can we really focus on anything but this crisis? Human rights violations have become commonplace I agree. Perhaps the social media algorithms (I say AI) have become immune to the daily sufferings. But we HUMAN BEINGS still have the WRIT and by that I mean we still have the consciousness to separate right from wrong.
How can we ignore the heart rending sights from Gaza and Israel? If owners of those profiles meant for my heart to bleed, they have done the job. My heart bleeds at the sight of tragedy (Explaining it, seems trivial and pointless).
How can we do this to each other? And how can we still all act as if everything is hunky dory? It is beyond me.
Oh I know, politics is in everything (I do not live under a rock). But can we stop for a second, say a prayer for the unfortunate? And pray very hard that peace be on all of us living and dead? Pray that we are protected from our worst instincts and hope that the unknown power upstairs continues to forgive us for this latest travesty?
Needed an outlet for my outrage and profound sadness. Thanks to the internet for providing this space.
If this is not the time to think of others what's it really then??
Signing off as a HUMAN being
