How America Can Rescue Tragedy for Triumph

This tragedy, the brutal murder of George Floyd, is horrific.

And then we watched mobs. . .

  • beat old women
  • shoot police officers
  • steal everything in sight
tragedy turned into trauma
Looting in New York after George Floyd death/Bryan R. Smith/Getty Images

How many innocent Americans have they hurt?

How many have they murdered?

How do we put our society back together?

For some reason, Tyler Perry popped into my head.

No, not Madea.  Tyler Perry.

Turn tragedy into triumph
Tyler Perry turning tragedy into triumph/Kathy Hutchins/Shutterstock

Tyler was born into the tragedy of a raging alcoholic father.

Abuse swarmed him and his mother day and night.

He didn’t even finish high school, so he cornered a GED.

And yet Forbes listed Tyler Perry as the highest paid man in entertainment by 2011.

“My childhood was a story of discouragement, belittlement and unthinkable abuse, and yet I rose above.”  Tyler Perry, Higher is Waiting

More than ever, folks in America are growing up in abusive homes.

I did.  That’s why I admire Tyler Perry.  He navigated abuse for 21 years before leaving home.

Racism and inequality are bad enough, but pile on abuse, and success is much harder.

Tyler Perry overcame all three.

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Massacre in Las Vegas Lurking Around Every Corner

The massacre by one man from the 32nd floor of a hotel in Las Vegas was pure evil.

Massacre at Mandalay Bay
Massacre at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas /David Becker/ Getty Images

One psychopath rained terror with multiple fire arms on thousands of concert goers at a country music festival on Sunday night October 1, 2017.

59 dead.  Over 500 wounded.

The worst mass shooting in U.S. history left civil and uncivil folks baffled.

How do you explain pure evil by a guy who had plenty of money and freedom?

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