Sometimes the Best of Humanity Stands Up

    Sometimes the best of humanity stands up. 

   Oh that humanity would stand up for the Haitians and others who are stranded at our border. Can we view what is happening and our hearts not cry out in pain for them? 

   Or, do we herd them like cattle? Do we get on our horses like cowboys, cracking our whips at them, and knocking them over as they try to wade across the river? Do we yell at them and demean them and tell them they need to go back where they came from? After their long and arduous journey to a country they revere and aspire to be part of -- a land of supposed hope -- how do we treat them this way? Do we immediately place them on airplanes and send them right back where they came from?

   Who are the savages here -- us or them? Clearly it is us.

   What if a few thousand of us were to go down there, to rescue them -- or to at least stand up to their oppressors and demand that they be treated right -- be treated humanely.

   Is there no anguish in our souls when we view them in their dire straits? "Enough is enough," it seems someone would cry out. "You will not treat these people this way!" 

   These are people that need someone to stand up for them. No, most of us cannot just abandon our lives and go help them. But, think of how many people came from all across the country to protest at the Capitol Jan. 6. They believed their cause that serious.

   Is there no one who sees the plight of the refugees as being that serious? Humanity is screaming. Will no one answer the call?