Sara’s View of Life with Sara Troy. On air from March 3rd

Watching the violence unfold in Puerto Vallarta, with families trapped in resorts, including mine, busses burned, businesses destroyed, a wedding postponed because of chaos, is frightening. Children were there. Innocent people were there. And it forces a painful question: when are we going to evolve? Now Iran plus….

We cannot escape violence today. It’s everywhere, in our headlines, in our politics, in our streets. But annihilating each other has never worked. It leaves behind trauma, mistrust, fear, and generations who no longer believe in hope or safety. How is that productive? How is that creative?

Yes, we build powerful weapons. But why are we still facing hunger, poverty, drought, and displacement in 2026? Surely, if we can engineer destruction, we can engineer solutions. Surely, our creativity is meant for more than tearing things down.

Violence often grows where pain grows in poverty, in inequality, in feeling forgotten or powerless. Real change comes not from domination, but from empowerment. When we educate, when we give opportunity, when we equip people with tools and dignity, communities rise. We’ve seen it happen. Empower one generation, and they return to uplift the next.

The alternative, ego, greed, intimidation, self-serving power, has been tried for centuries. And what has it given us? War. Division. Trauma. Destruction. We do not need more strongmen. We need stronger values.

Accountability must replace aggression. Boundaries must replace brutality. Compassion must replace cruelty. That doesn’t mean ignoring wrongdoing or pretending everything is fine. It means refusing to answer destruction, with more destruction.

Every one of us can contribute. Write. Speak. Support. Teach. Mentor. Help a neighbor. Raise children with empathy and boundaries. One drop at a time still fills the bucket.

If we want peace, we must choose it. If we want growth, we must model it. If we want evolution, we must embody it.

Start with yourself. Compassion. Empathy. Responsibility. Love.

Let’s give peace a chance.

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