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931. How Do We Respond to the Las Vegas Mass Shooting? By Geoff Steurer, MS, LMFT · October 3, 2017, in Meridian Magazine

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Do we have a "sound mind"?  This article has so much wisdom.  Recently I read a statement by Dr. Fred Rogers, the author of the well-known TV children's program.  He said that his mother taught him when there was tragedy to "look for the helpers" when he was a child.  That gives us hope and encouragement as we live in a difficult world.  There were many helpers in Las Vegas. How Do We Respond to the Las Vegas Mass Shooting? By Geoff Steurer, MS, LMFT  · October 3, 2017 Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please  CLICK HERE Cover image: John Locher, AP Images The aftermath of a mass shooting can leave all of us feeling terribly vulnerable. Even if you weren’t in Las Vegas on Sunday night, chances are you’ve wondered what you would have done, wondered if something like this might ever happen to you, and wondered how something like this could even happen. The emotional shock of something this awful can leave us feeling powerles