This happened at the Water Protectors camp at Standing Rock:<\/p>\n
One morning, a 14-year-old girl asked those sitting before the sacred fire to reflect upon the trauma that may have occurred in the lives of the pipeline security guards who attacked members of the camp with dogs and pepper spray. \u201cSomething painful must have happened to them as children. Maybe they didn\u2019t have loving parents,\u201d she said. \u201cMaybe they were abused. They need kindness. I ask you to forgive them.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
This quotation is on the DailyGood for December 5<\/a><\/p>\n
When I find myself angry or scared about what\u2019s happening in our country, I remind myself of this.\u00a0 Also those men, who care only about money and power, have no compassion because they have shriveled hearts.\u00a0 Hearts get shriveled by being hurt badly when you are a defenseless child.<\/p>\n
This is why Jesus said from the Cross: Father forgive them for they know not what they do.<\/p>\n
We had a totally wonderful experience after our performance of Journey Into Courage<\/a> in Castleton.\u00a0 There were a number of children in the audience from a camp that is an alternative to prison.\u00a0 The day after our performance, we went to the camp and participated in their assembly.\u00a0 At first the kids asked questions, but then they began to tell their own stories of what had happened to them, the abuse they had suffered.\u00a0 Afterward the counselors said they had never heard some of the stories.\u00a0 The one that was most moving was when a\u00a0teenager stood up and said \u201cI was a sexual abuser.\u00a0 But now that I know what my victims suffered, I will not be able to do it again.\u201d\u00a0 The reason why one child will abuse another is to avoid feeling the pain of what happened to him.\u00a0 This is how people\u2019s hearts get shriveled.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This happened at the Water Protectors camp at Standing Rock: One morning, a 14-year-old girl asked those sitting before the sacred fire to reflect upon the trauma that may have occurred in the lives of the pipeline security guards who … Continue reading