But first of all, do an internet search on “Elizabeth Smart” who was an executive producer on this film, telling Kara Robinson’s story. After you’ve acquainted yourself with what these two teenage girls went through, separately, you’ll suddenly realize how much you still have to be grateful for.
When life sucks, it’s hard to see the little rays of sunshine. I know.
But realizing that things could have been so much worse can help.
This is this guy’s story: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Evonit
When he was a child, his dad apparently drowned his dog in front of him and when he was only six years old, his dad tried to drown him.
Someone once said that it is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
In all the places in the world where we are waging wars or ruthlessly dehumanizing and exploiting people, where children get so see and experience things that they should never have to, we are creating tomorrow’s Richards.
Many children’s brains will be able to protect themselves and somehow develop still relatively normally, but not all children’s brains will when these children witness and experience too many atrocities as young children.
It is not a choice to turn into someone like Richard Evonit. It really isn’t.
