Callousness Rules the Nation Now
Americans have become more desensitized to violence, fear, sadness, and empathy.
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I remember a time in my life when I was about ten-years old, I couldn’t wait to grow up. I even had my life planned out, believe it or not.
Every child has the pre-teen goals of being a teacher, an astronaut, or a lawyer. I wanted to be a doctor. More specifically, I wanted to be an anesthesiologist. I wanted to put people at ease, and provide calmness and peace during their time of “being fixed and repaired.”
This was during the time right before the news media would show violence on television, way before the technology called a cellular phone made its way into the mainstream. This was during a time when people cared about one another.
When stating that people cared about one another, I am meaning when people in your own city had a heart. When it “took a village” to raise a child. We live in a time now where even the ones we call ‘neighbor’ could care less about humanity.
The innocence our nation shared at some point has now been blinded by the evil and violence documented in our everyday lives on social media. Blinding our eyes to what empathy is. We simply don’t care anymore.
