"Messy" World

I feel really sad about what I hear but I barely act on my feelings. I think because we are so sheltered in the United States, we have no idea on how to relate to the violence in other countries. The Gospel tells us that we must not ignore it and try our best to help. I agree with the Andy Otto, the author,  that we can help by how we pray, how we vote, what we speak on, or what causes we become involved in. 

For example, Kony 2012 was a cause that rapidly spread across the nation. Many people supported the cause because it gave them a way to participate by donating money. If that story was just on the news one day, no one would have donated money or even thought about it twice which is sad. It takes a viral video to get the people's attention.

In addition, in AP Government we are learning a term called fleeting emotions, which normally describes the United State's people. As Americans, we go through mood swings. One month we like something, the next month we don't. Going back to Kony 2012, we only cared about that for about a month . For instance, there was suppose to be the cover the night April 20, where everyone would hang posters of Kony around the city. The video was released March 5, 2012 and around April 20, 2012, everyone forgot about it. Sadly, in a while people who were not directly affected by Hurricane Sandy will soon forget about that too. 

Global Solidarity

The world needs to acknowledge the injustice to women. However, the United States cannot fight every battle. People in those countries need to rise together against the injustice. Catholic Social Teaching tells us that we need to help our dear neighbors but it is hard when the countries are far away. Trying to stop the injustice in a country, there has to be a change in mentality within the people of that land. With natural disasters, it's more of a physical change.With hurricanes and tsunamis, you are trying to repair the  countries' land not their policies. We help the dear neighbors in those events by sending food and nurses to help the countries out. There is a difference in the level of shock because some things are easier to change than others.