Messy World

When I hear stories about tragic events, such as Hurricane Sandy, I feel awful for the people affected. However, for most of the stories, I do not feel very compelled to act. I feel like I, and many others, have the mentality that one person can not make a difference. However, the Gospel teaches that one person can make a big difference. We are all called to help solve the injustices in the world. Sometime, though, we forget that. The article says that we have to sensitize ourselves to the violence and that we have to react to violence in the world. I think that there is so many terrible stories in the news everyday that we don't like to listen to it anymore. I agree with the article that we have to put ourselves in the victim's shoes and imagine if it were us. We may not understand the issue, but we know that it's wrong and should feel called to help.