A COUNTRY CONCERT

con·cert 
agreement, accordance, or harmony.


con·cert·ed
adjective
  1. 1.
    jointly arranged, planned, or carried out; coordinated.


    synonyms:jointunitedcollaborativecollective, combined, cooperative
    "concerted action"
    antonyms:individual
    • strenuously carried out; done with great effort.


      synonyms:strenuousvigorousintensiveintenseconcentrated;

      antonyms:halfhearted
  2. 2.
    (of music) arranged in several parts of equal importance.

CONCERT...the meaning is not lost on me in the midst of our COUNTRY'S recent tragedy. It stands like a siren beckoning us as a country to dig deeper, to hear, to heed, to hone a weakened resolve to work together for the humane soul of our country.


A COUNTRY CONCERT...the strange 
significance of those words side by side is not lost on me. 

With compassion and fearless deed, fraternity was the first concerted response, mutually agreeing to save lives through any means possible, even at the ultimate sacrifice of laying down one's own that others might live.


There was no debate or side or reason given for helping a stranger, merely the desire to help end pain, tears, and cries of the wounded and bleeding. A concerted effort to defend life. 


In the wake of horrific events, once again our bleeding country is called to concert to listen to one another, to mutually collaborate to hear the cries around us, to choose to not be divided by the orchestrated mayhem, to work to clear the chaos, to act to end the pain of strangers. 


As citizens of this great country we must make a concerted effort to listen to the heart of the words that ache for our nation that keeps dividing itself in pieces in the hopes of uniting itself in cause. 

And yes, hearing others above our own assertions will require a strenuous, concerted effort. Hearing others' heart cries may take the sacrifice of our own words and the carrying of their burdens. 


But bringing peace to the chaos requires a country concert, a mutual agreement to coordinate because we all are parts of equal importance. 



Comments

rose mcclarren said…
Beautifully said and so sad. We need to come together not in anger and rebelling but in the spirit of love and caring. Yes my heart hurts for those innocent people who have lost their lives and still I am moved by all the people who helped to save lives. It is a sad day, a sad week, and a sad month for our country and all of us that live within it. Prayers go out to all the hurting. And I send love to all. Rose McClarren