Teaching our children they are a part of a bigger Universe

There's nothing like waking up to a cool, crisp, bright, sunny Sunday morning. Listening to the sound of the birds singing. Watching the butterflies fluttering by. Hearing the wind swooshing past the open windows and feeling the coolness of the breeze wafting in.
On mornings such as these I wonder how we can have so much unrest in Bermuda. We live in a Garden of Eden - greenery everywhere. We are surrounded by the most turquoise oceans in the world and we have so much to be grateful for. So why are our children shooting each other? Why are they feeling so disillusioned? Why are there so many people waking up on a day like this afraid of what the day will bring?
I read something from Marianne Williamson this morning that may answer the why, “Inner peace doesn't come from getting what we want, but from remembering who we are." All of us need to start answering some very serious questions about ourselves so we can pass our feelings of inner peace on to our children. When they see us struggling to be who we are, it makes them think they have to be something they are not. And when they do, they struggle to find their authentic selves which leads them to be drawn to outside forces to find validation for the way they are feeling. Our children are struggling because we are struggling.
I also read another quote by Marianne Williamson this morning and it said, "Our ego is merely our fear. We all have egos, but that doesn't make us bad people. Our egos are not where we are bad, but where we are wounded." Our children, just like us, are wounded. They are being driven by these egos to act out and be a part of a gang that they probably wish they could get out of but can't because then who would take care of them. Becoming members of these gangs is their cry for help from the wounds they are carrying.
Looking outside at the crisp beautiful air perhaps it's time we started introducing our children and ourselves to the simplicities of life again. Turn off the television and the computer and take them outside so they can inhale the fresh air, appreciate the free show that nature puts on for us every day and let them understand they are a part of a much larger family - our Island, the place that is our collective home, which is in turn means we are part of the larger Universe. Let them know that with each individual, property or thing they destroy, they are destroying themselves because we are all interconnected and need each other to survive.
Let’s appreciate this beautiful day and teach our children to do so as well.