Love Can Build a Bridge

Good morning, my Lovelies! How ya doin’? Getting enough sleep? Exercise? Are you drinking your water? I can tell you straight up that those answers for me would be no, no, and not nearly enough. I’m tired, y’all. And it’s not just a physical tired – I’m tired within my soul.

I had wanted my blog this week to be back to my funny stuff, my sexy stuff, my interesting stuff, but I’m just not feeling it. This week has been hard and I’m simply heartbroken with all that has and continues to happen in the United States.

It seems that not a day goes by without there being a mass shooting and it is absolutely devastating. I try my best not to be overly political – you have your beliefs, I have mine. I respect that and hope that if we disagree on matters, we can do so without hate and malice towards each other. I’m always willing to listen to varied opinions and beliefs and to have meaningful conversations about differences, thoughts, and ideas.

But it seems that there are many people who would prefer to walk away with their fingers in their ears screaming that they don’t want to hear what needs to be said, that they don’t want to discuss what could bring about real change. And it seems that there are many others who have put up an impenetrable wall of hate – there’s no breaking through.

My friends, we are at a point in this country where the only way there is going to be positive change is for us to love. Love ourselves, love our friends and family, love our fellow countrymen – love all. We need to love, and then we need to listen. Without those two things we will never move forward, and we will keep losing our loved ones to this madness.

I keep thinking about those sweet babies and the hell that they must have gone through, the hell their families are going through. And as I think of them and their families, I think about my children at that age, and I think about my children now, and my heart breaks even more. 

It is unfathomable to me how there are people in this country who don’t see the true problem. It is unfathomable to me how there are people who are so stubborn and set in their thinking that they aren’t even willing to hear suggestions for a solution, who aren’t willing to offer suggestions for a solution.

It is unfathomable to me that there are so many people who are unwilling to love and show love to their fellow man.

Maybe me and my idealistic beliefs really do belong in the 70’s – peace, love, and happiness. This world has made me weary. And because of that, I’m finding more and more that I need my time with my books, reading and writing so that I can escape the madness around me.

Living in a fantasy world where I know there’s going to be a happy ending full of love helps to keep me hopeful for the future. Is that crazy?

Probably. But then, I’ve told y’all from the beginning that I’m crazy. So, if you see me reading, if you see me writing…peace out, y’all.

Let me escape – even if it’s just for a little while.

 

 Until next time, and as always,

Much love and affection, from me to you!

Shelly (a/k/a Dawn Love)

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