I Want To Believe It Will End

[NightskyeB4Dawn]

It does little to stop this problem if we just shake our heads. This is a problem that affects every single one of us, in every country, in every culture, religion, creed, color, and status.

True. I am kind of in that camp who "just shake our heads". Reading threads like this and participating with a reply in a thread like this is an ultra rare exception i am making now. I did not know what the thread is about, based on the thread title, however i read your post.

Look, everyone. this issue makes me feel physical and mental nausea. And the nausea won't go away just by checking some other threads or going to youtube for music videos or whatever. It takes a bit of time to make it go away from haunting me. It is so profoundly evil, so sick, so completely against all the core values i have. That is where the nausea originates.

Children are literally the future of humankind. Without them, it is goodbye for humans. And therefore, children must be protected and we must teach them stuff. I am not too clever or anything, but of course i know simple mathematics and some grammar stuff that i can try to teach them. My relatives have kids of all ages and so does some of my friends. I like how they are pure and so much possibilities are open for them. You never know what they will achieve in the future. Neutralize nuclear waste? End wars? End famine? All plausible concepts.

And the thought that there are people out there to harm them... and some of them seem to be organized... disgusting, wrong, and evil.

Now you know my stance. There is nothing i can do to end this from happening all around the world, and threads like this leave me with the already stated nausea and feelings of helplessness and being weak in my fight against the forces of evil.

"I Want To Believe It Will End"

I know exactly how you feel. That is why I can't take care of children under the age of 14.  All children, even those that think they are grown, is hard for me. The children and the elderly are our most vulnerable and rely on us the most.

I work with both populations and I still feel helpless on many an occasion. Like the story of the young boy trying to rescue the starfish, I know we can't save them all, but every life is valuable.

Almost with every case, someone knew something was not right. It is so much easier for some to bury their heads in the sand or to dismiss those uncomfortable feelings of doubt, nausea, and helplessness. To question what your mind will not let you believe. It is too hard at times, but never as hard as it for a child caught in that nightmare.

That is why people need to be aware that this does happen, even in the most upstanding communities, and that reporting can be anonymous. In most cases there is no action taken until there is sustainable evidence to move forward. I can't tell others what to do. I can only make them aware.

In case you haven't heard the story before.

An old man was doing his daily walk along the beach one morning, when he spotted a young boy crouched by the water, scooping something up from the sand and throwing it into the sea. The beach was normally empty at this time of day, and so the old man stopped to watch for a while. He noticed that the boy kept on shuffling a little further down the beach, then repeating this same action again and again – stopping, scooping, throwing, moving.

“What are you doing there, boy?” the old man asked, walking closer.

“I’m saving these starfish that are stranded” replied the boy, “if they stay on the beach they will dry out and die, so I’m putting them back into the ocean so they can live.”
The old man was silent for a few seconds.

“Young man” he said, “on this stretch of beach alone, there must be more than one hundred stranded starfish. Around the next corner, there must be at least one thousand more. This goes on for miles and miles and miles – I’ve done this walk every day for 10 years, and it’s always the same. There must be millions of stranded starfish! I hate to say it, but you’ll never make a difference.”

The boy replied “well I just made a difference for that one”, and continued with his work.