When the devastating news broke about the events that occurred during the Boston Marathon, was immediately glued to social media and my TV. Regardless of how absolutely devastating the stories and images were, I still felt I had to keep looking to know more. But, I couldn’t help but ask myself: “Why?” Why did I want to keep looking up new information and photos when they all were just getting sadder and more horrifying? Why did I feel the need to know every single minute detail of such a sickening event? Why do we as social beings feel the desire to look up and read about such a terrible incident? I feel that we have to realize that as much as we read stories and look at pictures and watch the news we may never fully understand why this all happened. As unfortunate as it may seem, bad things happen to innocent people a lot of the time, and it is absolutely unacceptable and contributes to why our world at times can be so messed up these days. I find it unbearable to think of all the victims never being able to see their friends and family again because of this tragic incident. In the coming weeks, as the world tries to make sense of the events, we must learn from what happened to help influence the future so that something of this nature does not affect us again. Instead of trying to decode the why, we should reflect on the who: both who we lost and who helped save and protect the almost 200 victims. In doing so, we can be reinvigorated with a sense of hope for the future, as the goodness exhibited helps to revive the nation. Be the change that you want to see.
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