Anger and Pain

Cho Seung-Hui was angry and hurting like none other. It was recognized a while back. Yet, his anger and pain was left unchecked. In this fast-paced, high tech world we live in now we no longer slow down to smell the roses or see dead spirits. The results of one dead spirit lead to a festering soul that had ceased to function normally.

The massacre at Virginia Tech is a signal to stop our rush to gobble up all we can in the shortest time we can do it in. It is a signal to as the old song goes, “reach out and touch somebody’s hand” and save a soul. The demeanor in which Cho Seung-Hui left this world did not happen overnight. It developed over time. Time we seem to longer have to notice changes in humans.

How many other young adults are out there feeling similar to Seung-Hui, with no coping skills to guide them through it all? How long will it be before we take notice? I hope not too long. I hope that this incident will assist us in knowing that advancements are good but we must draw lines as to how far we go without responding to cries of help. Seung-Hui cried out. A professor took notice and looked for assistance. She was told there was none. That was wrong and it is time to fix our moral consciousness.

If only someone had said yes you are right, Seung-Hui needs help and we will find it for him. But it didn’t happen that way and now 33 lives, including his, are gone. Thirty-three souls sacrificed to make us become aware of our moral obligations to help in any way we can. But as an old saying goes, “too much, too little, too late.” This should never have happened. Obviously, we didn’t learn from the Columbine or Amish school massacres. School is where the young go to learn not exist in fear.

Wake up America! Stop the presses. Open your eyes. Lend a hand. Do not let this happen over and over again. Listen to the cries. Recognize the health of a dying soul. Then maybe, just maybe, souls will no longer become filled with anger and pain. No it won’t be easy but nothing good ever is. The good must out weigh the bad. Now is the time.

Summer School in The Winter

It is time to bring you up to date on what I have been doing since you last heard from me. I have been busy updating things like, my resumes, (Yes, I have more than one, don’t you?), media/bio kit, and anything else I feel may give me an edge in the working world.

Many forget that with each year that goes by, nothing stays the same. Technology today makes it impossible to stay in the same spot you were in the year before. Now I know that can sound scary but, if you don’t keep up with upgrades you will find yourself left off the plane flying and heading high.

The way to keep up is to read, watch, and listen to anything and everything you hear and see on upcoming changes. If it will make you feel better, I don’t like trying to keep up with all the advancements either. Yet, I find if I don’t, I get left behind on computer equipment, Internet advancements, what’s in and what’s out. Whew! Sometimes it is more than my brain can save at one time. Yet, I do try hard to retain as much as possible.

How do I do it? I save and print new information out. I really don’t have time to stay abreast all at once. So as I get new information I save it in a special file on my computer or if the information is short, I print it out and collect for the day what I will read that evening. This way if it pertains to my field of interest, I have what I need and can plan on incorporating it into my work.

One thing is for sure, like it or not, the world doesn’t stop for us to jump on board. We have to do that ourselves. Because if we don’t, our chances for being successful at what we do will disappear. So, when you don’t see me blogging like I used to for the next few weeks, it is because I am running to catch up. Like many others, I was not retaining enough of the new information out in the world and now I have to go to summer school in the winter.