ALL Lives Matter

Somewhere in the world, a baby is born. It could have been in a hospital, at home,  in the seat of a car barreling down the highway, along a journey trying to make it to a new life. A cry is heard from the infant, then quiet as this child snuggles close their mother. The mother looks at her child in awe, this new life that she helped create. A tear escapes as she wonders, what does the world hold for this precious life. How will this child be treated, because this child matters.

 No matter the race, no matter the nationality, no matter the gender, no matter all the many things that make us individuals, as humans we are the same and we matter. what of this child?

Will this child, grow up to be a teacher who will educate others? Who will strengthen the minds of those hungry for learning? Will this child as an adult shows the wonders of the world through learning to a new generation making them stronger and better intellectually? Will they help  the next great scientists, doctors, Nobel Prize winners?

Will this child be that doctor who saves lives? Who holds compassion and strength within to see the medical needs and do what is necessary to make the lives of others better. Will this child as a doctor use their gifts and talents in places where most doctors do not go, into the places where medical help is rare but so desperately needed. Will they give to others without worry of compensation?

Will this child, as a lawyer help the innocent? Will they protect the rights of the individual?

Will this child as a first responder save lives? As an officer of the law, will they serve and protect? Will they be there first in times of emergency? As paramedics, will they be there to take care of the sick or injured and get them to help immediately? Will they go into frightening situations, just to do what they know, to save someone? Will they as firefighters, go into burning buildings to rescue a life, valuable, just because they are? Will they rush into buildings, forests, approach burning cars, because that is what flows through their veins, the desire to help, to rescue, to save?

Will this child follow a calling and be a leader, a teacher, a servant in the faith? Will they in truth and understanding share the Gospel and share salvation's plan?

 This child deserves the chance, deserves the opportunity to live, to grow and to become what ever is their desire and hope.

 This child as a youth, deserves to be able to walk anywhere, to grow in all manners, to learn day by day the lessons life brings, without fear, without bullying, without worry of what the next moment may bring.

This child as an adult deserves to be able to carry out their day to day safely. No matter what their career, they deserve to be able to do all their job requires without fear, without the need for someone to have their back.

This child, this youth, this adult, deserves respect simply for their being human- right up until __the individual__does something to lose that respect. Then the individual should pay the cost of their mistake not an entire race or profession.

 ALL lives matter. We are ALL important in our own ways. We are here for a reason, a purpose that we may or may not know. But it is real, we are worthy, we matter..ALL of us matter. No matter the race, no matter the nationality, no matter the gender, no matter all of the many things that make us individuals, as human we are the same and we ALL matter.