Write about something you consider “Ugly”–war, violence, failure, hatred___ but try to find beauty, or a sense of hope, in your thoughts.
In my several years of teaching there was one occasion when I asked my pupils what they’d like to write on that day, to my surprize more hands were raised in favour of writing about war, violence and hatred. These were mostly boys so I asked the girls to raise their hand if they agreed with the boys. The answer was, “Yes.”
‘Not a good idea’ I said.
I thought they are nine years old this was my opportunity to point out the difference between , war and peace, love and hatred. Whether I convinced them or not, I’m not sure, but I felt at least they know what I thought.
I experienced war, violence, hatred and killing at a very young age. In my mind these words were erased from my memory, until I saw what happened in Minneapolis a week ago.
People are showing their anger by burning down shops, destroying buildings because an innocent man was killed by a cop.
I feel the leaders should try to calm their citizens by making them understand hatred, violence and destruction can never solve problems.
In these trying times the people need someone who can assure them that this kind of murder of an innocent man will never happen.
There is a silver lining to the violence that erupted after the death of George Floyd that the recognition will come in the minds of people who discriminate against people who are of a different colour, ethnicity, religion that enough is enough, it needs to stop, that humans should not be weighed by their race, religion, or colour, but we are all humans created by one Creator.
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Sabethville 