DESTRUCTIVE DESPERATION

My heart breaks for the victims of the Brussels bombs.

This kind of destructive violence comes out of the desperation caused by social isolation.

The social isolation sometimes comes from the culture of the bombers. Too often the social isolation comes from the daily sneers given to any outsider from those who are secure of their place in society.

This all becomes worse if even the educated, smart people can not get a job in their professional field because no one wants to work with a _______. (Often that word is "woman, Black, Muslim, or foreigner".)

I have spent my life being sneered at. Even before I had to use a wheelchair, I got sneers for being fat, for being a loudmouth, for wearing tie dye, for never wearing panty hose, .....

I am lucky because I found a profession that I love so much that I dread retiring. I am also lucky that court transcripts do not describe the designer suits, just the words said.

Once a heart is filled with anger, it is very hard to fill that heart with love.

So we all need to smile at everyone. We all need to talk to everyone. And we all need to try hard to help anyone who get daily sneers.