What Do You Do if....

....someone disappoints you time and time again.  My thoughts are simple....just go away....without malice....without anger....but with dignity. This is one of life's small battles. Add those small grievances together and you have a war.

Did you ever wonder how a war starts?  Normally it is not on my mind, but now it is because of the subject matter for this book. Who throws the first stone and why can't the person getting hit by the stone....just not fight back?

One of the characters is a product of war....or rather he benefits from the ravages of war.  His tough exterior belies the softer inside and his loving childhood.  Be he has changed....disappointed  continually as his homeland goes through war after war.  He is torn between what he has learned as a child and what he perceives as an adult.  His spirit is broken.  This is almost more tragic than the war itself because when you put a group of people together, whose spirits have been broken, you  have extreme anger.  He is horrified that his country as a whole has split allegiance and fighting against each other.  His heart is sick.

He is disappointed time and time again. He, like many of his countrymen are mentally sick of the attacks and physically sick with exhaustion.  Constantly talking about the possibility of war has elevated its status on everyone's mind.  When it actually begins, there is mob mentality.  No one can believe he is the same little boy that rescued kittens and found homes for abandoned puppies.

If he were alone...maybe he could walk away but in a group people get caught up in defense of whatever they believe is their point of view.  Sometimes the battle, in war and in life, is not about the original issue, but just about winning the game.  It becomes a matter of "honor."  To me that is and odd point of view. Honor for what?  Is there honor in hate because someone is different?  Is there honor to be happy when someone dies? 

But the lines have been blurred.....disappoint prevails....and a spirit is broken.

Is there hope for this man or will he become just another ravage of that war?