Bad Things Happen

The tragedy in Connecticut is beyond belief. Children so young and innocent shot. Bad things happen.

As natural ss the need to protect young children, is the extension of the need to protect - the need to control and prevent. That is not how life works. We can not control others - only influence - no matter how much we want to control. We can not prevent bad things from happening either. They simply happen. Even hiding the news from children is not a solution. The world is the way the world is. Keeping news from children creates sheltered children who can not cope with the ugliness that is part of the world, part of life. Life is awesome but it is not perfect. Bad thing happen.