Why?

Why are so many people hurt with one life altering incident? This question came up with the recent tragedy in Haiti. I can't even begin to image how many people are hurting physically and emotionally from this*. At the same time I wonder how this question applies to my life and also those across the nation and the world. That seems a little selfish since the recent happenings, but you'll have to forgive me since I'm a curious person. I tend to want to know more and how we, as people, can learn from certain situations.

How is it that when something like what happened in Haiti makes us realize how one choice or one accident can hurt so many? For instance, someone takes something you said and twists it, next thing you know it spreads like wild fire until everyone hates you because of what they think you said. When in fact it was just the other person trying to ruin you and your friendships. Why do some people always feel the need to destroy something that isn't theirs? It just doesn't make sense to me...most people say it's because they're jealous, but what entitles them to do that?

For my entire life I've been known as the "nice girl", or the way I think of it as someone who people can walk all over. Honestly, I've gotten tired of that fact and have been trying to change that. It's proven to be one of the biggest challenges of my life. Don't get me wrong, I love to be challenged; especially if someone says I can't do something, and I prove them wrong. But it does take some callusing of my self-esteem in order to get past the negative comments. I thought I had gotten over all of that, but sitting here and writing this has made me realize that I simply just pushed those thoughts to the back of my mind hoping I would eventually forget about them. Unfortunately, I'm not that lucky....






*My thoughts and prayers are with all those who are down there or have friends or family down there.