I know this is a heavy topic: domestic and dating violence, abuse, child abuse. I also realize that you can find yourself in some bad head space if you're thinking or talking about it all the time. But it is something that touches us all at some point in time. If you haven't experienced abuse yourself, there's no doubt you have come across a family member, friend, co-worker, class mate, etc. who has experienced some form of abuse. And it doesn't have to be physical. If you get punched in the face, it will hurt for awhile but a year later after you've healed, you'll forget what that sensation felt like. Emotional pain sometimes never goes away. Oddly enough, a person who caused me a lot of emotional pain said to me that those who hurt, hurt others. I know now how true that is.
My point is that the discussion doesn't need to be so much about physical violence. That is the face of domestic, dating violence and abuse. But the heart and soul of interpersonal violence lies in the emotional baggage people carry, the open wounds in their hearts and souls. It's a necessary fertilizer to grow hatred and disregard for other people.
What I hope to do is get the discussion going about abuse, force people to look inside themselves and stop playing lip service to treating others with respect and love and actually do it. I would like to see people promote emotional intelligence and spread some love rather than emotionally bitch slap people.
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