SURRENDER!

I'm not sure if it's the weather or if the moon is in some weird position within its orbit but people have been acting very weird lately. And not in a good way. I shall explain:

Yesterday I was with E in the Trader Joe's parking lot and this old lady in this awesome old car backs up and taps a toyota that was stopped behind her. The man jolts his breaks and steps out of his car angrily and yells, "WHAT ARE YOU THINKING? YOU IDIOT!" His first mistake was stepping out of his house in those neon colored MC Hammer pants and second, he should have never called an older woman an idiot. That's just wrong.

Today, my mom and I were browsing the target parking lot for a parking space and saw a mother with a baby walking towards their car after putting their shopping cart into it's designated return area . When she walked away from her cart that she had thought was secure, it broke loose and started slowly rolling down the isle of cars. A man next to her car was watching the cart move down the isle as it was starting to gain speed. We all saw that it was headed towards the woman's rear bumper and I thought for sure the man was going to stop it before it hit her car. I was wrong. He watched it as if he were amused or found it funny. The cart hit the bumper very lightly but she started backing up and it would have caused a serious accident if a another pedestrian hadn't flagged her down. I couldn't believe that the male bystander just stood there without trying to help the situation.

What happened to the love? I'm positively sure that we as humans have the potential of doing good. I've got faith in humanity--even in those who feel like making everyone else's lives as miserable as theirs. Surrendering to sadness and hatred is so easy. Let's surrender to the love in our hearts.

(insert Switchfoot's LOVE IS THE MOVEMENT chorus here...)