One time in class we were talking about abortion and most of the girls talking were pro-choice and it was a generally calm discussion then one of the pro-life boys used the phrase
“if a girl is stupid enough to get herself pregnant in the first place-“
^Because mental and social conditioning takes years to take root, manifest, and become effective. Through formative years onto adulthood is where conditioning takes root and is expressed. These children haven’t been affected yet.
Someone save them.
That “someone” has to be us. If we won’t do it, who will?
“Something happens at around 92 miles an hour. Thunder headers drown out
all sound. Engine vibration travels at a heart’s rate. Field of vision
funnels into the immediate. And suddenly you are not on the road -
you’re in it, a part of it. Traffic, scenery - just cardboard
cutouts blown over as you pass. All your problems, all the noise,
gone.
Maybe that’s the lesson for me today, to hold onto these simple moments -
appreciate them a little more, there’s not many of them left. There’s an old
saying - that which doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, I don’t believe
that. I think the things that try to kill you make you angry and sad.
Strength comes from the good things, your family, your friends, the
satisfaction of hard work. Those are the things that will keep you
whole, those are the things to hold onto when you’re broken.”