The world is different today.

The world is different today.  It is aware of the hurt, it is aware of repercussions, it is aware of the need for change.  This day is different.   It has the ability to be a day when we take a stand for the injustice and infuse a new level of kindness into our lives. Today is a fresh start, it is an opportunity and today is a blank canvas that the world can write change on.      

When the choice to be strong is taken away from you, an inner revelation begins to occur.  The discovery of an unknown source of strength filters through your thoughts and actions.  It inspires hope and pulls together broken piece in an effort to prove something/someone wrong.

This strength could be seen in the solidarity that was felt on social media yesterday, in an almost tangible way.  The world faces a future that we have the power to change by continuing that solidarity and beginning to change the way we think and react to those around us. The disasters in the world and the overwhelming heartache that occurs daily, but was highlighted yesterday, give us, as members of humanity a choice to respond.  We are in need of new strength.  We are in need of so much more than just kindness but it is a good place to start.

In this world we suffer and we strive for things that bring us purpose, often at the expense of people. But what the world doesn't seem understand is that kindness takes courage but has the potential to change lives, and doesn't cost a thing.


This immense pain that echoes with fear, leaves us feeling broken, but we not destroyed, we are hurt, but we are resilient.  The beautiful thing about people is their ability to find strength in the weakest of places.   

Martin Luther King Jr said it best, " Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that."

We on our own strength can't commit to love everyday.   We aren't programmed to be able to do that effortlessly. But, we have the ultimate example of love in Jesus who shows us unending, undeserved love.

Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability but come through continuous struggle. 

Martin Luther King, Jr.