I’ve spent some time thinking over the tragedy in Virginia.  I guess it’s easy for a person with a cold heart to find something to rant about when such a thing happens.  I just feel a tremendous sense of remorse for the loss of life and the pain that the people there are going through.  I wish I could go back and point that guy out to folks so that he could resolve his rage issues in a hospital.  I wish I would take away all of the pain, but that’s not a gift I have to share.

            When things like this happen though, there will be finger pointing from some directions about accountability, but shooting sprees are hard to plan for.  There’s already people ranting about how mistakes were made, about how this could have been prevented or how the loss of life could have been reduced.  Ranting, though some people are good at it, never solved any problems.

            Times like these we need to stop and embrace each other and help the wounded heal.  It’s natural to feel the way we do with such sorrow and anger, but that is a natural reaction to such trauma.  The best way we can overcome this grief is by reaching out to those who were hurt, and focusing on the living as we mourn for the dead.

WW