True mankind....

In times of crisis most people start to wonder what's happened to mankind? Why do these tragic events occur? Sometimes it seems never ending. The news sensationalizes it and encourages fear....almost sensationalizing the person who victimized everyone. Does anyone remember just one name of the kids from the Newtown shooting? There were 26 of them...and one shooter...how many people remember the shooters name? In Colorado, a man killed 12 and injured 58...can you name one of the people that was watching the movie??? Or do you just remember the shooters name and picture his bright orange hair and wide mugs shot eyes? The media focuses so much on the person that commits the crime and does not honor the people that died...or the people that saved or helped so many!

Those tragic events are so senseless and my heart aches for all that are affected. Its not just the people that were injured...the people that responded, the passerby's, the innocent people that happened to be there and the families of the injured and the victims that did not make it. All those people are affected as well. Their lives will never be the same....something as tragic as that...changes you!

I look at these events and do not wonder about mankind...I can see it. Only one person committed the crimes...and hundreds of people gather together to help! I watched the video right as the blast occurred at the Boston Marathon today. Within seconds, there were dozens of people running towards the victims to come to their aid. They could have been in harms way themselves....but no one seemed to even consider that at the time. True human nature came out...people helping people...simply because it was the right thing to do. They would not get a bonus pay at the end of the day...they would not get an award...you may not hear a thank you...they may never see the person they saved again and some of them were not first responders, but they did it because its what you do when someone needs you! I watched a group of men pull apart a fence to get to the injured....people running to get supplies...a woman carrying another woman on her back...a man wrapping a small child in his  arms to get him to help...people providing comfort to others.

There was a tragic event today...but I have not lost hope in mankind...I saw so much sadness and so much kindness at the same time! Just like with the Newtown shooting, Colorado shooting and 9/11...so many people were hero's...jumping in and helping others, not because they have to...but because their heart lead them too! That gives me hope for our future!