In response to recent opinions about gun violence:
In my opinion, what is missing in our culture is respect. Our society no longer reveres respect, nor does it teach respect.
My heart goes out to the teachers and parents who try teach respect. In many families, the parents both work. The children are fed at day care, but are not taught respect. The children are influenced by TV, movies, video games and their peer group. The media is financed by large corporations and they tell us what they want us to think. It is hard to know who to believe. No wonder our culture is so confused.
Whatever the religion or belief system the family embraces should teach children respect for themselves, their peer group, siblings, parents, teachers and the community at large.
Our culture is missing a great deal of respect. Instead we have earned the reputation of being dolllar-driven, greedy, self-centered, negative and rude.
We need to stop labeling people. People are not good or bad, black or white, red or yellow! We are all one.
We need to make the effort to care for and communicate with one another.
We need to help one another and look at our good qualities. There is good and bad in everyone, so let’s look for the good.
No matter how well-educated we are, let’s stop and look up respect in our dictionaries. While we’re at it, let’s look up love.
Maybe we could stop judging everybody and look at our good qualities?
Maybe we could talk with each other? (No texting, email, cell phones or voicemail.) Just talk, face to face!
Remember, drunk drivers kill with their cars. Also, disturbed people kill with their guns. Cars and guns are tools and are not the killers.
Please take a moment and think of how you could make our world, state, city, neighbors and homes a better place.
With love,
Jacqueline Anderson
Everett
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