What is happening in the world?

Hello my dear Story Time readers from around the world, the last 48 hours have been shocking for the world. I know I certainly was shocked when I heard the news of what happened in Ukraine.  It immediately made me anxious.  My thoughts and prayers are with the victims. I find it so heartbreaking to know that innocent people have to die because of the decisions and interaction between political leaders from both sides.  Why do innocent people have to suffer simply because parties can't find mutual ground?  This was the last thing that the world needed. I wanted to write this post to urge the next generation of future leaders to not follow in these footsteps. Let's learn from history each time.  With all the things I have been busy with I have learned that good leaders serve their people. We live in stressful times, with the ongoing global climate crisis, a pandemic, and now this. People from around the world are becoming anxious, and that is not healthy for our societies.  I don't want to make a lot of comments on the current situation, because I understand that it is a sensitive topic. But the humanitarian in me is bleeding.  In a time when the world should be coming together to save our planet, we are falling apart. We are being divided and distracted and this only makes me wonder what is happening to the world? Have our hearts become so cold and cruel or are we so consumed by the material thing that we forget how to live with each other? I don't blame the Russian people, not only because some of you read my blog but because I can relate to what it is like to live in a country and suffer for the decisions of bad leadership. I don't think that what the world needs now is more violence on its plate. But sometimes I wonder why the people who carry out these orders do it? I wouldn't have the heart to enslave myself in such a way that I become a pawn that keeps the system alive.  We can't do much about that now, but the next generation of leaders can choose to make a better world. It will be a million times more difficult since we will have to deal with cleaning up a lot of disasters. But if you as the next leaders don't take on that responsibility then who will?  We must act now in the best interest of humanity, or else the world won't seem so promising for the next generation. I leave you with these thoughts, my friends, let us all pray in our own ways that the world may see better days.  If you want to find a way to help the victims check out what Amnesty International is doing, they are accepting donations at the moment. I wasn't asked to mention them, I am just sharing this information for people that want to help make a difference.