{"id":5381,"date":"2013-07-20T08:19:27","date_gmt":"2013-07-20T12:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/blissblog\/?p=5381"},"modified":"2013-07-20T08:19:27","modified_gmt":"2013-07-20T12:19:27","slug":"if-you-see-something","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2013\/07\/if-you-see-something.html","title":{"rendered":"If You See Something"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image_8509\" title=\"studying...\" alt=\"Waitin' for handshake.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;br \/&gt;&lt;br \/&gt;&lt;br \/&gt;&lt;br \/&gt;&lt;br \/&gt;&lt;br \/&gt;&lt;br \/&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;added to &amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;http:\/\/flickr.com\/groups\/17274427@N00\/&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Cream of the Crop&amp;lt;\/a&amp;gt; as personal favorite.\" src=\"http:\/\/everystockphoto.s3.amazonaws.com\/animal_grass_erba_8509_h.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This morning I saw a powerful line in a thread on Facebook:\u00a0 &#8220;If you see something, say something.&#8221; It was related to a man witnessing a dog left in a sweltering car in the parking lot of a restaurant. His sense of concern and outrage were in equal measure and it prompted him to go inside, get water for the distressed critter and was about to call the police when the dog&#8217;s people arrived with their take out food. He confronted them on their carelessness and they reacted defensively and then went on their way. Whether these people were conscious of how hot it gets in a car, in a very few minutes, even with windows open, that is only part of the story. Ken spoke up for one who couldn&#8217;t speak for him or her self.<\/p>\n<p>We see everyday what happens when people don&#8217;t speak up. The rape culture thrives on that mentality. Consider what happened\u00a0a few months ago, when it came out that a young girl was raped at a party by a few of her &#8216;friends&#8217; (peers, classmates) and not only did the others who also claimed to be her friends, not intervene, but some recorded the activities and posted them on line. How horrific and how irresponsible on so many levels. She was violated physically, emotionally and spiritually.<\/p>\n<p>I remember when I was in my 20&#8217;s, driving in Philly late at night and I stopped at a gas station and at another pump, saw a man with a gun, attempting to rob someone. Now, I didn&#8217;t directly intervene; I&#8217;m not THAT crazy, but I hightailed it out of there to the nearest payphone (that was pre-cell phone era) and dialed 911 and with very shaky voice told the dispatcher what I saw. Hopefully the police got there before something tragic occurred.\u00a0 I&#8217;m no hero. I just followed my conscience and what I was taught by my parents; that you help because you can. Imagine if you were the one in need.<\/p>\n<p>The same holds true if we witness domestic violence, child abuse or animal abuse. I ALWAYS step in in one form or another. We are all responsible to each other.<\/p>\n<p>Bless you, Ken for seeing it and saying it.\u00a0 Tail wags and paw claps for you!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/ECYY7Iv9U64\">http:\/\/youtu.be\/ECYY7Iv9U64<\/a><\/p>\n<p><cite>Veterinarian Dr. Ernie Ward stays in a <b>parked car<\/b> on a\u00a0\u00a0 summer day to see how dangerous it is to leave a pet inside a car.<\/cite><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; This morning I saw a powerful line in a thread on Facebook:\u00a0 &#8220;If you see something, say something.&#8221; It was related to a man witnessing a dog left in a sweltering car in the parking lot of a restaurant. His sense of concern and outrage were in equal measure and it prompted him to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":233,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[108,1,2,12,13,70,19,3,14,4,16,38],"tags":[3272,3273,3274,308,2669,64,3276,3275],"class_list":["post-5381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animals","category-attracting-what-you-desire","category-bliss","category-bliss-kiss-for-your-weekend","category-blissfull-thinking","category-community","category-empowerment","category-gratitude","category-how-to-invite-bliss","category-inspiration","category-my-personal-bliss","category-transformation","tag-animal-rights","tag-domestic-violence","tag-dr-ernie-ward","tag-facebook","tag-human-rights","tag-philadelphia","tag-social-responsibility","tag-veterinarian"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>If You See Something - The Bliss Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2013\/07\/if-you-see-something.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"If You See Something - The Bliss Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; This morning I saw a powerful line in a thread on Facebook:\u00a0 &#8220;If you see something, say something.&#8221; It was related to a man witnessing a dog left in a sweltering car in the parking lot of a restaurant. His sense of concern and outrage were in equal measure and it prompted him to&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2013\/07\/if-you-see-something.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Bliss Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/snuggleyoga\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-07-20T12:19:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/everystockphoto.s3.amazonaws.com\/animal_grass_erba_8509_h.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@EdieWeinstein1\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"If You See Something - The Bliss Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2013\/07\/if-you-see-something.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"If You See Something - The Bliss Blog","og_description":"&nbsp; This morning I saw a powerful line in a thread on Facebook:\u00a0 &#8220;If you see something, say something.&#8221; It was related to a man witnessing a dog left in a sweltering car in the parking lot of a restaurant. His sense of concern and outrage were in equal measure and it prompted him to&hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2013\/07\/if-you-see-something.html","og_site_name":"The Bliss Blog","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/snuggleyoga","article_published_time":"2013-07-20T12:19:27+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/everystockphoto.s3.amazonaws.com\/animal_grass_erba_8509_h.jpg"}],"author":"Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@EdieWeinstein1","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2013\/07\/if-you-see-something.html","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2013\/07\/if-you-see-something.html","name":"If You See Something - The Bliss Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2013\/07\/if-you-see-something.html#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2013\/07\/if-you-see-something.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/everystockphoto.s3.amazonaws.com\/animal_grass_erba_8509_h.jpg","datePublished":"2013-07-20T12:19:27+00:00","dateModified":"2013-07-20T12:19:27+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/#\/schema\/person\/edcd643a643a9ca91adb1e8f9e177386"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2013\/07\/if-you-see-something.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2013\/07\/if-you-see-something.html"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2013\/07\/if-you-see-something.html#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/everystockphoto.s3.amazonaws.com\/animal_grass_erba_8509_h.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/everystockphoto.s3.amazonaws.com\/animal_grass_erba_8509_h.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2013\/07\/if-you-see-something.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"If You See Something"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/","name":"The Bliss Blog","description":"Beliefnet Voices - Edie Weinstein","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/#\/schema\/person\/edcd643a643a9ca91adb1e8f9e177386","name":"Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/wp-content\/wphb-cache\/gravatar\/0d6\/0d6cd7619da51a9a40cc705280e88f9cx96.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/wp-content\/wphb-cache\/gravatar\/0d6\/0d6cd7619da51a9a40cc705280e88f9cx96.jpg","caption":"Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW"},"description":"Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW is a colorfully creative journalist, inspiring transformational speaker, licensed social worker, interfaith minister, editor, radio host, BLISS coach, event producer, Cosmic Concierge, the author of The Bliss Mistress Guide To Transforming The Ordinary Into The Extraordinary and co-author of Embraced By the Divine: The Emerging Woman\u2019s Gateway to Power, Passion and Purpose. She has also contributed to several anthologies and personal growth books. Edie has interviewed such notables as Ram Dass, Wayne Dyer, Debbie Ford, don Miguel Ruiz, don Miguel Ruiz, Jr. Marianne Williamson, Grover Washington, Jr. Noah Levine, Shirley MacLaine, Dennis Weaver, Ben and Jerry and His Holiness the Dalai Lama. She calls herself an Opti-mystic who sees the world through the eyes of possibility. Edie is the founder of Hug Mobsters Armed With Love, which offers FREE HUGS events on a planned and spontaneous basis. www.opti-mystical.com.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.opti-mystical.com","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/snuggleyoga","https:\/\/x.com\/EdieWeinstein1"],"url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/author\/eweinstein"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/233"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5381"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5391,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5381\/revisions\/5391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}