For us New Zealanders. For us of the world. Though sad, the word, is not enough. Outrage. I feel sick. It was all about hating immigrants. Hating those with another faith. Fearing that which we do not understand. Blind hate that could have been cured by honest ordinary curiosity. People used as cannons fueled with evil words.
And I have no good words. It is all too medieval. Too awful. My head is down in shame at what has happened in my own home country. My cousins and nephews and nieces having to hide inside their homes and locked down in their schools quick dialing me across the world that there are shots, we are ok.
But may the Gods have mercy on us all.
I am so sorry for us all. And for what will come next. If someone had shot my family in their house of worship while they were on their knees in prayer … I dread to think of my response.
Celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
40 responses to “A SAD DAY”
I have no words. I can barely stand to read the articles, had to close them down after a quick catch-up. I’m so, so sorry for your country.
A sad day indeed!
My heart hurts at the things that happen far to often..
Dear Celi… I am in Sao Paulo at the moment, and we had a shooting just a couple of days ago that shook the nation. I was already feeling like humans don’t belong anywhere, a cruel, horrible species without any respect for life.
now I woke up to this. On the other side of this beautiful planet, the exact same violence, senseless, pointless, completely horrific
I hear you, and I feel your pain.
You know, Sally, humans DO belong here. God—the One, True, Triune God—put us here. The trouble for us is the He gave us free will to choose Him, who is all and only Good, or evil. People CHOOSE evil and do much unspeakable damage to other humans and in the end to themselves. But most of us humans choose Good and Love. I pray that all the souls of those who died will spend eternity in heaven with God. Those of us good people left will comfort those who are suffering immeasurably and choose GOOD. THE DEVIL ULTIMATELY LOSES, but in the meantime we have to bring as much GOOD as we can to the world while we are alive. There are many, MANY more good people than evil ones. The devil likes us to believe that evil is winning, but as always, he is wrong.
So saddened to hear about this appalling tragedy. I’m so sorry that the people of NZ have been traumatised in such a brutal way. May your loved ones be safe. Our thoughts are with you all.
It was hard to sleep last night. I thought of you and yours, and of a friend living in Christchurch. I was sickened by what happened, but enraged by some of the responses I saw on social media, which had its own, negative role to play in the events. We have to stop allowing others to divide us, no matter how high or low in rank they may be.
Absolutely devastating! So crushed by this 😦 Love and prayers to all ❤
Hate. A blinding madness that seems to be contagious. A far step away from what it is to be human instead of animal. Shoreacres is right. May strength and courage find each today.
Words cannot describe the heaviness I feel in my heart!
Are we not all the same under the skin? Do we not all bleed the same blood, feel the same pain, live and die the same? I cannot understand what makes someone feel these actions are justified, necessary… We are better than this. I am grateful for your innocent creatures, who do not spout ugly rhetoric or kill each other for some perceived difference of ideology.
Cruel and totally unnecessary and undeserved by the NZ nation. Laura
I did not hear about this until this morning. I have never understood how some can hate so blindly. Unfortunately, this was not a surprise, just maybe a little more shocking because we do not hear of such things coming from NZ. So glad to hear that all your family is safe.
I am so very, very sad today. I don’t understand the world anymore. The hate, the anger, the violence that never stops, that permeates everything, everywhere. What has happened to us? Humanity…does that even still exist? What kind of a world have we created for our children?
It is horrible. Just horrible.
I mourn with the people of the earth