What If ?

The question you could ask so many ways, with fear and with faith. With hope and with preparation for something bigger for some and for all.

So many "what if's" in this world of years gone past and hours gone past.

Things like what if we still had to crank our cars to start instead of push a button.

OR

What if no one ever invented a camera phone that would show a 75 year old man in Buffalo truly did not trip as he has pushed to the ground and came crashing on down.

OR 

What if no one ever said let me help you with that and a smile and sincere thanks was never born.

OR

What if George Floyd had lived and all this change never started to happen.  The gentle giant as he is called changed this world forever and his daughter at age 6 cherishes that memory always.

OR 

What if the mayor didn't change the name of a street and paint it big and bold with pride that Black Lives Do Matter.

Or 

What if no lives mattered, would we rise up for each other or sink away into the ground.

I think we would rise up I hope so at least.  We rose up on the beaches of Normandy during the war, we rose up after the bombing at Oklahoma City.

Yes we rose up after 9/11 and built a better building and memorial than ever seen. Least we forget, no we would never forget.

We rise to the skies and we will today and tomorrow.  We have to care. We have to say

never more and mean it.

We have to rise about hate and despair.  We will and I am sure you believe this as well.

What if we don't ?  Perish the thought here and now and forever!

Rise up we have and Rise up we will for we, you and me are all in this together!

All colors and religions, all sizes and shapes, all of us must stand together.

What if indeed......

Smile always.

Be Aware

Be Strong

Be Diligent

Be filled with the desire and hunger to breathe and move forward.

Share kindness and share a smile

Embrace always, smile forever and share united.

Victor V Yakin

victoryakin@gmail.com

06 / 05 / 2020