Hard-edged realism🫩

The last words of John Brown (first American executed for treason after leading slave rebellions) were: "I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land can never be purged away but with blood. I had as I now think: vainly flattered myself that without very much bloodshed; it might be done".

Unfortunately, everything good in our lives has been the direct result of violence and bloodshed. It's how it's always been. With modern conveniences we have distanced ourself from what happened just a generation before us. How do you handle the realities of the world that we live in? Does this bring despair or does it encourage you to look for community to support those who you can?