The Session

Ok, let’s start the session.
Hey you there…yea you….Are you mad at what happened last night in Dallas?…All those cops getting killed by that black dude?….B. Thompson, P. Zamarippa, M. Krol, L. Ahrens, M. Smith ….Does it bother you? Are you beside yourself and aghast, thinking of the families and what they are going through?…You are?…Angry at how blue lives don’t seem to matter to some people..You are?….That’s great!
Now, what about Wednesday?….”Wednesday?’, you ask…yea Wednesday!…..were you aghast at the video of the cops shooting Alton Smith in Baton Rouge……or that Philando Castile was shot and left to bleed to death by another cop on Thursday in Minnesota?….Were you pissed? Appalled at how black lives don’t seem to matter to some cops?…You were not?…No…Why not?
Well,I guess that’s why you are here!…Please go and sit in the corner and dig deep into yourself!…Somewhere in there is a feeling called Empathy. When you find it, you’ll know…then come back to the circle.
Now you there!…yea you!…it’s your turn now!…you were pissed at the black guys getting shot by the cops?…Of course every human should be appalled!…but the cops dying leaves in cold?…HuH?…Go to the other corner….dig in too…find Empathy…please try…then come back to the circle….
I’ll turn on some soothing music now…..