Thought of the Day

 

We all make mistakes.  EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US! I know, personally, that I have made more than my share of mistakes as an adult.  Things that I regret and am definitely sorry for.  And there are times that I truly wish I could go back and change those things, but you know what? I cannot do that.  I now realize that those things have made me the person that I am today.  Instead of beating myself up for the errors in my life, I have chosen to learn from them.  Take the lesson that my personal history has taught me and grow from it.  I am proud of who I am today, and my history is a huge part of that outcome. 

I simply do not understand why some people are so afraid of history.  We need history to learn from it and move forward.  Yet so many people want to erase the bad parts of our history and yes, there are some very bad pieces in our historical canon. Dark places that we, in theory, do not want to return to.  Well, some of us anyways.  But people are trying to pretend that important historical events never happened or if they did, they are no longer worth mentioning.  Hence, we will be repeating history in a way that is scary. I believe in my heart that we will get through this, but it is still a scary moment in our, yes, history. 

While the internet is full of misinformation and the whitewashing of history, I try not to get sucked into those rabbit holes because that is not good for my mental health. I clicked on a friend of mine's post and one of the responses absolutely floored me.  I do not even remember what the prompt was, but this man's response was that racism only exists in the minds of liberals. At first, I thought he was joking but the further I read I realized that he was not. I honestly thought how stupid can a person be and then I had to stop reading.  And I felt sad.  I felt sad that there are people who have paid no attention to the history of this nation and this world. Why are they so afraid of the bad things that have happened to millions of people.  I just don't get it.

While it did take me a long time to embrace my own personal history, I have never doubted the struggles of others.  If only we could all work on that.  Ah, well.  That is all.