Worried

After reading and watching the Mumbai attacks on the news, I am terribly worried about the state of Kashmir now. What will happen to this area once tensions between India and Pakistan reach a breaking point? I pray to whatever God is out there that Kashmir will not be confiscated to solely an Islamic rule, a rule that will greatly hinder Americans and open-minded people from all over the world of experiencing its divinity. I was so lucky to have visited this region last summer, I honestly doubt I will get a chance now that politics have imploded the inherent safety of the region. The only thing I can do right now is watch, listen, and pray that the right things will happen for the United States, India, Pakistan and the rest of the world.

On a final note, why cannot we just get along? Why is God the reason people are fighting so much? Does that even make sense? To fight in the name of God. To me, that just doesn't seem reasonable or logical. Even if you don't believe in God, if you believe in being at peace once you die (eternal rest), how can fighting be the means to achieve that? Have you ever been completely at peace after being in an awful verbal fight with someone? The last time something like that happened to me, I remember feeling like shit. Sure, I may have gotten my way by squawking and yelling my opinion the whole time (while simultaneously hurting the other person's feelings), but at the end of the fight/discussion/session, I sure didn't feel like I earned the peace. In fact, I felt tired, awful and worn. Being truly at peace certainly does not constitute those feelings, that's for sure.

Here it is straight: Right now, I am struggling with my belief in God or a God, but believing in God or not, this much I know. Violence is not the way to attain peace, salvation or whatever good it is that you are seeking at the end of your life. Violence does not work. Never has, never will. So just stop being violent as much as you can. Don't eat animals. Be gracefully kind when someone treats you poorly. Think twice before yelling at someone, or flicking someone off on the road. Cut your daily dose of violence in half for starters. Just see how long you can go. But, don't ever, ever, think that violence is justified in any situation. Because it's not.