Who do you think you are?

So as you all should know, Osama bin Laden was killed yesterday. I got on facebook and that was all people were posting about. I watched as many of my friends commented about how happy they were and they were going to celebrate. It kind of made me think. I thought "It is one thing to be happy, but to go party in the streets and in front of the White House." So I looked at one of my friends post and this is what it said:

"Let us remember what Divine Mercy is all about; Unmerited forgiveness. Yes, we should have hope that the death of a terrorist brings greater peace and security to the world and to our homes... but let us remember and attempt to emulate the words of the newly beatified pontiff, "Forgiveness is above all a personal choice, a decision of the heart to go against the natural instinct to pay back evil with evil."-Michael Villanueva

I was really intrigued by this because it is exactly what I was feeling so I posted the same thing on my status. One of my friends liked what it said and posted it on her status. Well her friend did not agree. She started to criticize me and told me to shut up because I was clueless.

I was offended.

I will not usually argue over the internet but I felt that I needed to stand up for myself and my beliefs. She proceeded to tell me that I was too young to know about these issues and my parents needed to have a serious talk with me.

So I stood up for myself. But I have a question. Who does this lady think she is? How can she tell me that I don't know what I'm talking about?

We live in an age where people think that it's their way or the high way. I have been catching myself doing the same thing even though it may not be as extreme. It made me realize that I need to be more conscious about what I choose to say to people.

So even though I was a little ticked at what the lady said to me, she taught me a life lesson, and for that I am grateful.