If you've been thinking about this during the Ukrainian situation, you're not alone

We should be able to give our hearts to more than one crisis, right?

Perhaps you’ve been biting your tongue, afraid that if you say what you are thinking, you’ll be called heartless or, at the very worst, pro-Putin. But you’re not the only one thinking this: Why are we solely consumed with the crisis in Ukraine when other crises rage around the world?

As this opinion piece in Newsweek affirms, we absolutely should be outraged by innocent residents of Ukraine being forced from their homes, bombed and perhaps killed. At the same time, we should be equally incensed by what has been going on in Afghanistan, the Sudan and Myanmar, among other places.

What’s the reason for this? Can we mentally and emotionally handle only one crisis at a time? Are we focusing on Ukraine because we’ve been told what happens there could mean the start of World War III? Are those other wars so far “over there” we can’t empathize? Is it racism? Politics? Ignorance?

Many possible explanations exist. Read the piece above, as well as others, and let’s discuss.