Last night I had a quick errand to the hardware store. Getting out of my car I was horrified hearding this man screaming at a young girl as he pulled her across the parking lot. Many of us heard. None of us knew what to do. We clustered together at the customer service desk. They had heard it too and one of the Lowe's employees went out to "do something."
My heart breaks even today as I sit with knowing that I did nothing. That I didn't know what to do. That I witnessed something really wrong and allowed it to happen.
Remorse is an important teacher.
And prayer is an important ally and antidote.
May that little girl, and all children know a world without hurt.
May that man, and all of us who act out of rage be invited into the healing transformation of love.
