Earlier today my Mom and I where talking and I wondered what causes people to become so cold, cruel, callous and calculated. You ever interacted with someone and thought too yourself what happened? Whether it’s the customer care specialist, family member, friend, co-worker or simple some random person that you have to interact with. What happens to a person that causes them to become almost “heart-less” as the older generation would say. Is it biological? Is it psychological? Is it relational? Is it conditional?
I’m really not sure the cause of it is but I do know the result of it is, “hurt people, hurt people!” This is the cause of generation after generation of people fighting, hating and destroying each other. The other day I sat in one of my favorite restaurants and had a conversation with a man who wanted to blame the nation down fall on our President of just over 5 months. In the kindest words I knew to speak at the time I share that there is absolutely no way that President Barrak could change the direction of an entire nation in such a short time but that his political party had been dragging this nation down for years and it was time for a “CHANGE!”
Well, I said all of that to say, “Can people change?” Can a person who has been experience the worst that life can offer – “can they change?” A child who has been abandon over and over again – “is there hope?” A young person who has been introduced to the ugly side of sex and lust – “is there hope?” An older adult who have been used, abused and misused – “is there hope?”
Are these legitimate reasons enough to be this way? Do people hide behind their past to make excuses for their present? Whose fault is it anyway? Why punish the people around you now for what someone has done in the past? Is it real or is it Memorex?
I’m really not sure the cause of it is but I do know the result of it is, “hurt people, hurt people!” This is the cause of generation after generation of people fighting, hating and destroying each other. The other day I sat in one of my favorite restaurants and had a conversation with a man who wanted to blame the nation down fall on our President of just over 5 months. In the kindest words I knew to speak at the time I share that there is absolutely no way that President Barrak could change the direction of an entire nation in such a short time but that his political party had been dragging this nation down for years and it was time for a “CHANGE!”
Well, I said all of that to say, “Can people change?” Can a person who has been experience the worst that life can offer – “can they change?” A child who has been abandon over and over again – “is there hope?” A young person who has been introduced to the ugly side of sex and lust – “is there hope?” An older adult who have been used, abused and misused – “is there hope?”
Are these legitimate reasons enough to be this way? Do people hide behind their past to make excuses for their present? Whose fault is it anyway? Why punish the people around you now for what someone has done in the past? Is it real or is it Memorex?
1 comment:
I think people have the ability to change; however, it's all a choice. The decisions we make in regards to our lives sometimes stream from past experiences that enable us to have hope that there's something better. I can only speak for myself and throughout many situations within my life, I've utililzed my past as motivation for the goodness in my future. It all depends on the person and the willingness to change. 85% of abandoned children 67% of hurting adults are 99% more likely to become outstanding individuals.
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