all taken for granted

The massacre of over 30 people at Virginia Tech : (

I'm pretty sure that this upsetting incident has been a rude awakening for the many ignorant and complacent beings.

What would actually stimulate such a cold-hearted action, to pull the trigger dozens of times, to take away innocent lives? How can we prevent such a tragedy from happening again? We never know when and where and how it would happen? Where can we go and be safe? All this questions would definitely re-surface time and time again, even after countless of tragedies in the world.

Rather intriguing. In light of this event, it got me thinking on what is really important in life. Does it take yet another tragedy for us to realise this? We would then make promises to love, to be apppreciative of one another, to treat our loved ones with more respect and the list goes on. However, when normality/busy schedules return, all these is forgotten. Sighhh. Why wait for such incidents to 'love'? We dont wanna live a life with 'what ifs' right?

Life is just a cycle of all this events and there is nothing much we can do about it. Only so much can be done to limit the destructions but in the end, we too, are unsure of what may or may not occur. The aftermath of this event seems to be reminding us of the importance 'to love'. I believe through living a life of love, we can leave this world without regrets.

'Pain is temporary, but victory is forever. Suffering lasts a short time, but the joy of Christ is eternal'