An Open Letter to You

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44. K&R

I was OK until you got to "If you have a conscience, it makes you feel dirty in your heart." And like a light switch, the tears immediately filled my eyes and the screen went white on me. As soon as I reached the tissue and wiped away the tears, another wave came.

Man's inhumanity to man. Conscience. One wonders if humans really are the highest form of life on the earth. Our conscience is supposed to be what sets us apart from wild animals whom live only by natures rules of "survival of the fittest," and instinct. Somehow, I think mankind still has a way to go before it can separate itself from the animals. Perhaps some of our minds have not evolved up the evolutionary ladder to a state of real conscience yet.

All I know is that we are where we are. I, too, am sorely disturbed by the evil that lurks in peoples minds and hearts. Sometimes I go outside and look up to the sky with upward reaching arms and scream "Whyyyyy? And when it gets me down, I just dial it back in history and remember where we were, say a thousand years ago in the middle ages and before. Mankind IS advancing, but it just seems like it's taking so damn long to get to a real civilized state. All we can do, Will, is keep on keeping on, bringing light to the atrocities of avarice and hate that surrounds us, and making a difference wherever we can on a daily basis to lift up the less fortunate, the maltreated in our society.