Protests, Injustice, Violence - All display our Inner Brokenness

As protest surmounts all over the world in solidarity of racial inequality and police brutality, I am reminded that individual brokenness extends itself to communities, cities, states, governments, and countries. The display of any lack of empathy within our humanity shows the individual brokenness we all carry.

I am reminded of Rodney KIng and its the same issue. We are not healed because as individuals we all carry the capacity to lash out in our brokenness toward others.

Perhaps what I am trying to articulate is this... we need to look at how we ourselves display our own bias' and inequalities, our likes and dislikes, our preferences and beliefs...how do we project them upon others? Are we not guilty of the same injustices but on a smaller level?

It is interesting that some of the protests displayed the same level, if not more, violence than on that day four police officers neglected the pleas of one assaulted. People were pulled out of there cars and assaulted, law enforcement was attacked in multiple cities, landmarks were desecrated and neighborhood building burned. Does this not display a collective pandemic of brokenness?

"What we believe of ourselves has a way of coming true...

The good and the Bad." Jeff Goins.

Yes, I believe in accountability. I have been thinking of those four officers...they have demonstrated their own brokenness and killed a man with an underlying health issue while ignoring his cries for help. Their display of brokenness set a nation ablaze in demonstrating collective brokenness that has never been adequately addressed in our nation...and world.

What kind of life can they possibly live now? Do they have families? Do they have children? If they are sent to prison... that alone is a death sentence. If they are deported... they are known. If you answered "Good! They need to get theirs!" then I would implore you to look inside to your own brokenness...your attitude.

How can we solve this problem? There are two answers: 1) We must become aware of the deep-seated hurts and pain we carry and work on our won healing. 2) Then we must reach out and help heal others we can form relationships with...relationships which we gain the right to be heard by the kindness we display. Laws cannot do this. Govt officials cannot do this. Only we can believe ourselves capable of changing others by first changing ourselves.

After the protests are finished and hopefully, accountability assumed. We must make ourselves accountable for our each and everyday actions we perpetrate upon others.

We must "remove the log out of our own eye" before we "take the speck out of others".

Just my thoughts? I'd like to hear your's.