Recently we had a tragedy in our neighborhood. A young boy was struck by a car driven by an under age driver on a local street. As you might guess the family of the young boy that was killed has been devastated.  The family of the under age driver have also been devastated by all this.  A most remarkable outcome appears to have happened.  A meeting was planned to bring together the two families less than a week from the date of the accident.

The family who lost their son embraced the young man who was driving the car.  They told him that they held no ill feelings toward the young man.  They did not want this event to ruin his life.  They understood it was an accident and that he had no intention of making this happen.

In our present world this seems to me to be quite remarkable.  The family is not seeking lawyers to sue, they are not pressing for law enforcement to put away the young man for an extended period, they are not seeking some form of financial gain from the situtation, they are not pursuing vindictive actions of revenge, and they are not engaging in behaviors that aim to hurt the driver’s family.

It seems to me to be an example of love and compassion from which we all could learn.  I for one am hoping whatever it is that causes this form of behavior can be spread as easily as a computer virus. We should all be surrounded by such neighbors.  tomq