I Have a Dream

There are times when I hear or see a rough time that someone is going through or when I watch the news and see really crazy things happening that I think to myself, "What was the dream that your mother and/or father had for you when they first laid eyes on you? Even worst, what about the babies that never had a dream thought about them when they came into the world? I have a dream. I wish that every child could be wanted. I wish that every child could be loved and cared for. I wish that every child could be allowed to be innocent for as long as they can just because of the saying that, "Once you know, you cannot un know". What we know now is that a majority of who we are starts being defined when we are in the womb and in our early years. In my perfect world, everyone would have the opportunity to evolve into who God put them on this earth to be. The world was not created to have all doctors or all lawyers or all actors or all artists. The world was created in balance and I think part of that balance comes from us finding our true calling. I think we would have a happier society if people loved what they do for a living. Some of us have had so many Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) happen to us by the age of 18 that we spend the rest of our lives struggling and never become who God dreamed we would be when we were being knit together in our mother's womb. We need to realize that children are seeing and they are hearing. Every fight, every curse word, every adult movie with violence and sex scenes that they are not supposed to be exposed to is being imprinted on them. A 5 year old child should not know curse words and all of the lyrics to adult songs. I have a dream that we will all realize that what we expose our children to impacts them throughout their entire lives. If we work together, we can do it. We have to start to be a village again. When one child suffers, we all suffer. Look at the school shootings, look at the rate or domestic violence and people being murdered and dying from drugs every day. These are childhood traumas that were never addressed. If you need resources to help find a good church, if you are in the United States or Canada dial 211. You might need counseling. Change does not magically happen. Change takes work because you have to unlearn some things and put new mechanisms in place. Our children deserve to grow into who God dreamed that they would be on this earth. Our responsibility is to do everything in our power to support that. In my perfect world my legacy is HOPE.