{"id":14217,"date":"2016-06-15T11:48:26","date_gmt":"2016-06-15T18:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.momservations.com\/?p=14217"},"modified":"2016-06-15T11:48:26","modified_gmt":"2016-06-15T18:48:26","slug":"maybe-these-are-the-answers-to-gun-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/momservations.com\/index.php\/2016\/06\/15\/maybe-these-are-the-answers-to-gun-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"Maybe These Are the Answers to Gun Violence"},"content":{"rendered":"

Momservation: <\/strong>The time is always right to do what\u2019s right. ~Martin Luther King, Jr.<\/p>\n

\u263a\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u263a\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u263a<\/p>\n

As a writer and story teller it is hard to believe that I\u2019m ever at a loss for words.<\/p>\n

But this latest, disturbingly frequent new threshold in our nation\u2019s increasingly violent history left me speechless and heartbroken\u2014once again and inevitably.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t pretend to know it all, but I know, in this gun-soaked and blood-stained country, something has to change.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know what the answer is or where we\u2019ll find a solution or how we\u2019ll motivate the change (if 20 slaughtered six year-olds on the eve of Christmas can\u2019t do it, what can?).<\/p>\n

When I feel so hopeless and helpless I seek out inspirational quotes, clinging to them like a piece of driftwood to get me through the storm. I find these words of guidance and wisdom a promising beacon\u2014revelations certainly ascertained in the calm break of the clouds after riding out their own storms. Some are from ordinary people and some from extraordinary people, but all I believe through whom God must surely be speaking.<\/p>\n

These are the people I want to follow. These are the lights I want to shine through. These are truths I want to be heard. This is the love I want to triumph. This is what I want our nation, our fellow Americans to believe in.<\/p>\n

Not the blinding hate. Not destructive bitterness. Not the unescapable darkness. Not the hopeless resignation. Not name calling, finger pointing gridlock and blame.<\/p>\n

We are better than this. Let\u2019s come together and prove it. And maybe these words of inspiration and wisdom lead the way\u2026<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Whatever you are willing to put up with is exactly what you will have<\/span>. ~Annonymous<\/h4>\n

\"sandy-hook-victims\"<\/p>\n

You often meet your destiny on the road you\u2019ve taken to avoid it.<\/span> ~Annonymous<\/h4>\n

\"Guns<\/p>\n

People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they\u2019re not on your road doesn\u2019t mean they got lost.<\/span> ~Dalai Lama<\/h4>\n

\"coexist\"<\/p>\n

Our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for who we become.<\/span> ~Barbara Geraci<\/h4>\n

\"Faces<\/p>\n

Crying is all right in its way while it lasts. But you have to stop sooner or later, and then you still to decide what to do<\/span>. ~C.S. Lewis<\/h4>\n

\"Sandy\"grieving<\/p>\n

In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity.<\/span> ~Sun Tzu<\/h4>\n

\"ban<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

All great problems demand great love.<\/span> ~Friedrich Nietzsche<\/h4>\n

\"Love<\/p>\n

The purpose in life is not to fight against evil and misfortune; it is to unveil magnificence<\/span>. ~Alan Cohen<\/h4>\n

\"London<\/p>\n

Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending. <\/span>~Carl Bard<\/h4>\n

\"Save<\/p>\n

The path to our destination is not always a straight one. We go down the wrong road, we get lost, we turn back. Maybe it doesn\u2019t matter which road we embark on. May what matters is that we embark.<\/span> ~Barbara Hall<\/h4>\n

\"One<\/p>\n

Start by doing what\u2019s necessary, then what\u2019s possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.<\/span> ~St. Francis of Assis<\/h4>\n

\"Not<\/p>\n

Never believe that a few caring people can\u2019t change the world. For, indeed, that\u2019s all who ever have<\/span>. ~Margaret Mead<\/h4>\n

\"orlando-gay-club-shooting-mourners\"<\/p>\n

#NotOneMore<\/p>\n

#StoptheViolence<\/p>\n

#ProtectChildrenNotGuns<\/p>\n

#Orlando<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We are better than this. Let\u2019s come together and prove it. And maybe these words of wisdom will lead the way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":14233,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2020,2021,2022,2023,2024,857,2025,2026,2027,2028,1749,2029,2030,1224,2031],"class_list":["post-14217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-answer-to-gun-violence","tag-aurora-colorado","tag-charleston-church-shooting","tag-colorado-theater-shooting","tag-columbine","tag-gun-control","tag-gun-violence-must-end","tag-inspirational-quotes","tag-isle-vista-shooting","tag-newtown-masacre","tag-not-one-more","tag-orlando-masacre","tag-orlando-shooting","tag-sandy-hook","tag-stop-the-violence"],"yoast_head":"\nMaybe These Are the Answers to Gun Violence - Kelli M. 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