We Must Not Lose Our Humanity
We are heartbroken. And deeply unsettled.
What is hardest to understand is not disagreement, but denial. When the same events are documented repeatedly, from multiple angles, by multiple people, refusing to acknowledge what is plainly happening asks us to disconnect from reality itself.
This is about our shared humanity. Harm is harm. Suffering is suffering. When we begin to explain it away, minimize it, or look past it, something essential in us erodes.
History shows us that the most painful chapters are not only defined by what happened, but by how many people convinced themselves it was easier, safer, or more comfortable not to see it. Those moments are always clear in hindsight. They are far murkier when we are living inside them.
I hope we choose to be people who are willing to look honestly at what is in front of us, even when it is uncomfortable. People who believe that silence in the face of clear harm is not neutrality, but a choice.
One day, future generations will ask what we did when it mattered. We want to be able to say that we paid attention and that we spoke with care and that we refused to abandon our compassion when it mattered most.
May we find the courage to use our voices in defense of human dignity, to stand against what is clearly harmful, and to act in ways that reflect the values we claim to hold as people and as members of this shared world.