Confessions From A Black Rose

You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.  Gandhi  I am trying my best to not give up on humanity. Every day I learn about a horrific event that  makes me lose hope. Just this past week the Islamic State militant group has claimed responsibility for three horrific terrorist attacks. There were the twin bombings in Beirut, the Parisian attacks and the suicide bomb at a funeral in Baghdad. Just looking at these three events, over 200 people have lost their lives because of IS this week. As more news began to pour out about the attacks in Paris I found myself sobbing.  I began to think about the horrific things we as humans do to each other. We do it in the name of religion, patriotism, entitlement, and some false sense of racial superiority. We are suppose to be the superior species but we are the most barbaric. If you look at every species none of them do as much damage to ...

I write this blog post on the eve of a likely strike on Syria. The thought of an attack on Syria leaves me with a heavy heart. There is no doubt in my mind that crimes against humanity have and are occurring in Syria. Blood is on the hands of both the Syrian government and the armed rebellion. The past few weeks it was revealed that chemical weapons were used on the Syrian people. If this is in fact true, an unthinkable crime has occurred. I just do not believe that military action is the best solution to the Syrian crisis. There will be civilian casualties and that is something I do not feel comfortable with. I can understand theoretically why the Obama Administration is pushing for military action, but I don't understand it on a spiritual level. War is something that changes a country forever. I have lived in countries that have experienced devastating civil wars. I have witnessed the destruction war has on the infrastructure of these countries. I have seen how children's ...