The Wrong System
The Orlando shooting has me thinking. Honestly, not as much as other mass shootings have - for the reason that in the process of avoiding grieving the loss of my brother I have become much more adept at being ignorant to tragedy. This doesn't mean that I am not grieving, either this shooting or my brother, as I might make it sound, only that I have an overactive streak of ignorance in this way, more active than I think is healthy anyway But this streak aside, I have this to say: There are two competing processes here: Process 1 - where people en masse debate blame, and Process 2 - an internal process of grief, by which tragedy is reconciled with the beauty of life. Grieve - that is the proper process. Process 2 Like I said, I have a streak of ignorance that stunts my progress in this department, but I'm trying. I'm learning to invite in tragedy, and I'm also learning to appreciate the beauty of life, and not have it completely dashed by tragedies like this. I'm