How much is too much?

Google "October 1 Las Vegas".

Read the stories.   Read as many, or as few, as you like.

History to me has been always been about questions.  Apply the rules of journalism:

• Why did this happen?
• When did it happen?
• Who did it?
• Where did it happen?
• What happened?
• How did it happen?

But don't stop there.  History is not cut and dried like so many believe.

Keep asking:

• What if it happened in another place,or time?
• What if someone else did this?
• What are the other possible outcomes?
• What could have stopped it?
• What if it happened today?

The permutations are endless.  I find them fascinating.

After yesterday, the questions keep multiplying in my mind.

• How do we respond?
• What is the common sense approach?
• Which leaders will step up, above the soundbites, and actually lead?
• How do we, the typical citizens of America, affect change?
• Why did life return to normal so quickly?

As you read the stories about the bravery of people yesterday, determined to save somebody, anybody, in that madness, you should question History.

As you read stories about loved ones dying in the arms of those they loved above all else, you should question History.

As you read about what drove one man to open the door into Hell, you should question History.

As you read these stories without feeling affected in some way, you should question History.

We cannot ignore History.  If we do, we are losing our Future.

Peace

"Grief is like the ocean; it comes in waves, ebbing and flowing.  Sometimes the water is calm, and other times it is overwhelming.  All we can do is learn to swim."

- Vicki Harrison