Death vs Life

So, many people don't know this, but I am a deep thinker. I think about life in depth a lot. How it is, how it should be, why it is the way it is, etc. Hopefully this won't be a long post, but I just want to get this out because I've been thinking about it for a minute. For those hat don't know, I'm a Chicago native. Nowadays many people fear Chicago because of its high violence and crime rate. And I will say living in Chicago is rough. Death is as common as a black woman and perm these days. And it is perceived as the norm. Someone asked me why is there so much violence in Chicago and it's accepted and not much is really done about it. I believe that humanity has learned how to not care for life and humanity anymore. There's way too much oppression that's going on for anybody to say that life and humanity are sincerely appreciated. I often fear for the black men in my city, especially those that I know, because it is hard living everyday as a black man. I was waiting for the bus one day and a black man was walking down the street just minding his business. Out of nowhere, the police blocked him and was searching him for a long time only to let him go. And this isn't the first time I've seen this. People are killing each other and stealing from one another. Sometimes, stealing is the only option for some people. People kill each other for money. Money is valued much more than life if you ask me. But back to my point, life just isn't valued anymore. Whenever people hear of a death on tv here in Chicago, we just shake our heads. If we watched the news and heard of no killings for the day, that would actually be surprising (or just violence in general). If life was truly valued, there wouldn't be racism, sexism, social and economic disparity, and hate. Even on Twitter, Wikipedia, Facebook, and the internet in general, there have times when rumors of a super star was dead and they are yet still on this side of the River Jordan. That's sick. Even when people are getting beat up or robbed and others are nearby, they generally don't defend or help the victim. I just think it's a sad reality that we do not value life. I'm not even sure where to begin to try to attempt to repair humanity. The issue is that big and healing would be that significant. If we honestly loved with the heart of Christ and acted in the morality of Christ, this world would be completely. I often dream of what God's kingdom should look like and when I wake up and face the world, it hurts to see how huge the difference is. But I have the faith that humanity can bounce back. It will take time, but it's not impossible. Well that was it. I got that out my system so now I'm happy.Ta Ta for now! TOODLES! XOXO