Crazy World

It doesn't take much digging to find that yes, we live in a crazy world.


This week marked a milestone in American history. A notorious terrorist, Osama Bin Laden, is dead. We have waited 10 years for this moment. It has cost us countless lives. It is an historic occasion. Good has prevailed.


So, do we take a collective moment as a nation to pause and reflect? Do we celebrate? Do we pray? How are we in America to mark this moment?


By arguing about it.


In the best light, we are trying - stumbling really -  to find a way to absorb this information while at the same time ridding ourselves of so much pent up anger...over so many things.


We need release.


So, we argue about how to mark the occasion: should we celebrate or should we be somber?


We argue over who gets credit: this administration or the last?


We argue over who is exploiting this event for political gain.


We argue over how the President should behave in the aftermath.


We argue over whether to release death photos or not.


We argue over whether this has happened, at all.


We drag up old angers, old hate, old fears and current  emotions. We mix them all up. And, we argue some more.


Proof: We are indeed, human.


Is it not enough that we can witness? There are countless souls who cannot. Is it their memory we should serve?


We, among the living, sometimes take for granted that we have the luxury of arguing. Without even realizing the luxury, we jump right in. What would the dead say?

"Oh, that I could argue. But, since I cannot, I will say, if I could, I would forgo the arguing in favor of living. Just living."

And yet, we argue. What if we  decided to just live?




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