The news about the Colorado shooting today shocked me. Twelve dead and nearly sixty wounded? Why? I cannot begin to fathom what kind of person can be so hateful as to kill all of those innocent people. This goes beyond indifference towards others. Something like this requires malice, contempt and a complete disregard for human life. This man is not sick or wounded. He is truly evil.

I feel sorry for his family. The guilt and shame they must feel has to be overwhelming. Can you imagine being the parent of someone who did something like this? They must be as confused and hurt as the victim's families, but no one is likely to sympathize with them. Guilt by association: they produced that terrible person who so callously killed their loved ones! Of course, I sympathize with the victims and their families. What a tremendous loss to survive... and how does one survive something so senseless?

It is all horrific- all of it. What is this world coming to? This makes me reassess my own difficulties. My problems seem so small by comparison.