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The History Books

I've been thinking a lot lately about what the history books are going to say about 2016 in the future. What are future generations going to look back at say about this time of turmoil? What will their theory be for all the things that are going on right now? 

I recently watched a documentary with Sammy about O.J. Simpson done by ESPN. I really recommend it. To be honest, before this documentary the only thing I knew about the guy was that he was friends with the Kardashians and there was something about a Bronco chase. After seeing the documentary though, I feel that I better understand what happened, but also why. I learned about all the racial tensions going on in the LA area at the time. I was honestly shocked because seeing footage from the 80's was so similar to the footage that is filling the news now. Some of the exact same things are still going on. And that's disgusting. Aren't we better than this? Haven't we learned that all people are people, and deserve to be treated equally? 

I'm going to stop there before I get too political. But I'm really saddened right now about this world. About the things that happen every day that we hear about and don't hear about. My heart hurts for men and women like Philando Castille, and also for the people of Dallas and all other men and women who serve as officers who now have to fear for their lives.

I just wanted to share a positive experience I had with the police. A few weeks ago Sammy was out of town for a few days. Before bed, I told Sammy I wasn't feeling well, then fell asleep. My phone fell off the bed so I didn't hear it. When he didn't hear back from me, asking if I was okay, he started to worry. When I then didn't answer, he panicked. He wasn't able to get ahold of anyone, and so he reached out to the police. They sent two officers to check on me. 

I woke up to them knocking on the door, and couldn't find my pants. When I did, I found the officers at the door explaining what was going on. They were so polite about something that probably seemed pretty trivial and silly to them. I've seen these same officers before though, they'd woken us at four in the morning once searching for a boy who'd gone missing in below zero temperatures. They stayed out all night looking for that boy. 

I love that quote from Mr. Rogers about how his mother told him when he was scared by what he saw in the news, to always look to those who were helping. No matter what's going on, there will always be people helping out those around them. 

I hope that as a people we are able to get past these problems that are coming up. I hope that when the history books look back at 2016, they'll be able to find those people who are helping. I hope that they'll be able to say that this was the beginning of a movement to make a better world and people.

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