Daily Archives: 04/20/2013

Finding the good

Here in Massachusetts an horror story is unfolding that is not only frightening, but achingly sad. Starting with disenfranchised young people who feel the only recourse they have in this world is horrific violence and ending with that very thing by way of bombs, guns ,death and mayhem, the whole story is heartbreaking. I am heavy hearted for those who lost loved ones in a senseless tragedy, I am deeply concerned for all the law enforcement personnel  who remain in harms way, I am unbearably sad for a world where any event like this could unfold.

Yet, there is always good in the world. I was reminded of this over and over again as I saw those who ran to help the victims, those who have rallied to support the families affected, and those who are working to catch the killers. Good people, there are always good people.

I was headed out to speak this morning, and feeling like a garden lecture was exactly what no one wanted to hear as the news of more shooting and death was hitting the airwaves.  While struggling with how to present something so frivolous as garden design  is such a serious moment I realized that  had a technical glitch and the show may not, in fact ,go on. In the next few minutes I was reminded as I was offered help above and beyond what I imagined that there are so very very many good people in this world and I count myself lucky to get to meet them every time I step out the door.  Small beans compared to those who are suffering the consequences of the last week, but a bright light to me all the same.

This small act of kindness made me realize that these people and many more like them  are the ones  who will step up in the coming weeks to offer help to those in the Boston bombings, because it is who they are and how they roll.  The kind of people who honestly care, who  will go the extra mile to help those in need, and will put others before themselves. They far outnumber the few who place their own personal agenda over the lives of others and they restore our faith in  goodness , compassion, and  humanity.

and that, my friends, is a super nova of brightness on a very dark day.