There are many explanations floating around about the various mass shootings that have just occurred. I don’t doubt mental illness factors in. Perhaps lack of gun control contributes. And other factors I have not yet considered.
However, the explanation that immediately came to my mind was Pain. When a person lives in distress, anguish, or heart ache, for whatever reason, there is a desire to be out of the pain, no matter the cost. Pain, by its very definition drives us to get free of it, at almost any cost.
Before the brain tumor/surgeries I could never imagine why a murder /suicide would occur. Now, I can understand.
When the pain is so great, there is a need to escape the pain. One knows if I kill myself, I will leave my family in too much pain. The solution…
Okay, I am past that time. But in a true, humbling confession, I now understand the thinking process that occurs.
What is the solution? It will entail many, many things. In all honesty, we as a society will never solve it all. But, in as much as you and I touch somebody’s life, we should take time to do it well. When you see pain in somebody’s eye, don’t ignore it. Reach out and care. You might be the one to save many.
I love you.