A well known personality who would "call into the radio" and pelt stone at the PNM posted an appeal for help on SM recently.
Now all politics aside while the post talked about the hardships vis-a-vis property, and court clothes - a deeper dive may reveal it as a cry for help from several fronts:
- Emotional / psychological
- Financial
- Professional
- Legal
In our humble opinion - while the financial/legal pickle of the situation may be urgent - the emotional state he is in bears paying very close attention to. Especially since he communicated to others that he is in such mental & emotional distress so as to be suicidal.
While we may want to go into our "tribal" corners and pelt (virtual) stones out the window at the person for his past aggrievements -
no matter how he got here - we must resist devolving into bad-minded, spiteful behaviour .
Don't want to contribute to his fund raiser - fine
Don't want to forgive his past transgressions - fine
Don't want to express sympathy or offer prayers, encouragement & good will - fine
Want to geep geep & kee-kee-kee - fine
But we cannot as some suggested "pong him" - kicking a man when he is at his lowest so we can experience some sort of smug satisfaction.
And while we may hold no obligation or responsibility for this person we cannot let our lack of empathy and sympathy roil so hard that it erodes our very humanity.
We are our Brothers & Sisters Keepers and I am glad that there are those amongst us who have reached out and attempted to talk him off the ledge with expressions of concern for a fellow human being.
Life is the most precious gift and more valuable than any earthly possessions.
We must all remember Dei Gratia - that there but for The Grace Of God go I.
Blessings!
ASE O 🙏