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\"rose-1226966__180\"<\/a>It\u2019s been a rough week for Orlando, Florida with a crazed fan killing a pop singer and reality contestant\u00a0Christina Grimmie<\/a> to a crazed man killing fifty men and women<\/a> as they enjoyed a night out with friends. So when I saw last night\u00a0that there was a horrific accident at Disney World, I thought for sure I was mistaken. Disney? Disney is magic. Horrible things just don\u2019t happen at Disney, right? But they do and they did.<\/p>\n

During the movie night at around 9 p.m.\u00a0at the Grand Floridian resort a\u00a02 year-old little boy, Lane Graves, was pulled into a lagoon by an alligator.\u00a0Although there are signs posted that say no swimming, the\u00a0boy waded into about a foot of water when an alligator snatched him close to shore. With horror, his parents and other spectators tried to save him unsuccessfully. Divers and search teams attempted a rescue, and several alligators were taken and killed to determine if they were in connection with the disappearance. Lane\u2019s body wasn\u2019t found until 1:00 p.m.\u00a0the next day. He likely drowned.<\/p>\n

Social media went nuts with horrific comments about the parents and their stupidity for allowing their child to go by that water. A friend of mine said that she let her kids to the same thing. The signs say not to swim, but she said that she didn\u2019t know that there was anything dangerous in the water, just that there wasn\u2019t anyone supervising. She told me her four year old Zoe simply splashed near the shore. No harm, right? But there was. It could\u2019ve easily been Zoe or another child. If you look at the photos of the area, it looks just like a beach. There\u2019s lounge chairs. There\u2019s a shoreline. There\u2019s signs, but they aren\u2019t descriptive as to why not to swim, just not to swim. Now for me that doesn\u2019t make a difference, I\u2019m a rule follower, but many aren\u2019t unless it\u2019s spelled out. A sign that said ALLIGATORS IN THE WATER <\/em><\/strong>I would think would be more of a\u00a0deterrent, but regardless there wasn\u2019t a sign that said that and the child was taken.<\/p>\n

May 31st a 3 year-old boy decided to enter a\u00a0gorilla enclosure at a zoo in Cincinnati, Ohio.<\/a>\u00a0The boy was with the 400-pound animal for about 10 minutes before the zoo\u2019s Dangerous Animal Response Team deemed the situation \u201clife-threatening\u201d and shot the gorilla. Social media went nuts with horrific comments about the mom and her stupidity for allowing her child to go near the gorilla enclosure.<\/p>\n

When the news of so many lost their lives at Pulse I was witness to many who said that if \u201cthose people weren\u2019t gay it wouldn\u2019t have happened.\u201d Really? Blame the victims because that solves everything.<\/p>\n

Notice\u00a0a theme? Blame and judgment instead of empathy and love.<\/p>\n

Accidents happen. Some are stupid. Some are able to be prevented, but nonetheless it comes down to a horrible accident and a family lost a child. Thankfully that wasn\u2019t the case in Ohio and the boy survived, at the sacrifice of the gorilla. In that case I saw more sympathy for the gorilla instead of for a young boy who experienced something horrific, including the a\"empathy\"<\/a>nimal being shot right in front of him. I also saw sympathy for the Disney gators. I\u2019m an animal lover, as is my whole family. My husband won\u2019t kill a spider and will instead catch it and take it outside.<\/p>\n

It was later reported that the gunman who shot up the nightclub Pulse had also targeted Disney Springs and many stated that Disney was invincible to horrors. And then this. No, it wasn\u2019t a gunman, it was a gator. And no, it wasn\u2019t many, it was one, but regardless where is the empathy? Blame, finger pointing and judging does nothing but create more hate. Kindness, however, does help.\u00a0\u00a0Are we that desensitized to humans that gorillas and gators receive our love\u00a0and understanding\u00a0instead? Is there not enough to go around to everyone in a horrible situation? I do think there is. I do. Horrific things happen in our world, though, and now a place that we always visualize as unmarked by sadness has lost the stigma for being untouchable. One of our only places.<\/p>\n

To all the families hurting, not all of us are pointing fingers, some of us are crying for you and sending you love.<\/p>\n

BELIEVE,<\/p>\n

Kristy<\/p>\n

Kristy Robinett is a world-renowned revolutionary Psychic Medium and Author of several bestselling books. Kristy\u2019s\u00a0involvement with the paranormal began at the age of 3 when she began playing and communicating with spirits, labeled imaginary friends by her parents, which was totally unacceptable.<\/p>\n

Kristy specializes in bringing humor to what most fear and inspires all ages to ignite the light within them so that the fire of inspiration continues on. It\u2019s Kristy\u2019s down to earth style, honesty, sense of humor and warmth that makes her a sought out coach and speaker.<\/p>\n

Kristy has worked with a number of paranormal teams throughout the United States on paranormal cases, along with law enforcement as a psychic detective and psychic profiler. She has been\u00a0profiled on many radio and television shows and reads for a blushing clientele of Who\u2019s Who<\/em> in Hollywood along with law enforcement, clergy, politicians, physicians, attorneys, domestic goddesses, and local celebrities. She also teaches psychic development and paranormal investigating at local colleges, and is a Blogger for Patheos Spiritual Channel. Visit www.kristyrobinett.com<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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