A one minute READ:: A caterpillar is nothing like a butterfly but one develops from the other.

I have had to learn the hard way

about aggression & violence

still learning / yearning / feeling

that there is injustice

like racism

like sexism

like orientation-ism.

I had to learn that individuals can be unjust

and me too.

But also there can be 

unjust governments

unjust police

unjust officials

unjust politicians.

I felt it

I had to learn from it

in it.

All my ramblings here

are with the backdrop of the London 

knife crime/murders, 

and in other UK cities.

I feel deeply the extreme violence

knives used as protection

knives used to kill or disfigure

violence

gang violence

and disregard of others.

I love these young humans.

I feel for them.

I am inside their heads

lives

anger

bubbles.

It is not a pleasant place to be.

I am disturbed also

by many comments

hard comments

vicious comments

on twitter/facebook

and other media.

They, like many young humans,

are reacting emotionally.

Using words like

yobs

thugs

vermin.

And

Shoot them

give them life in prison

No humans are vermin.

I have found the most 

violent

professional criminals

'violent for fun' youngsters

as intelligent and full of personality.

Ghandi was asked about his worst experience in life.

He had been stoned imprisoned beaten...

His Answer

"The hard hardheartedness of the educated"

But also devient

anti-social

and rightly

need to be 

dealt with justly

in accordance with the law.

A caterpillar is

nothing like

a butterfly

but one

develops from the other.

Therefore I believe in development.

I believe we can ALL change

grow

develop

but

some of us are given more chances.

We need to strive to understand and

Love wins.

Those who commit crimes

need to face their behaviour

but also need to be offered opportunities.

Love wins

"if there is no peace

it is because we have forgotten

that we belong to each other."

- Mother Teresa

BHP