A Prayer for Peace

There are 27 families in Connecticut facing the worst nightmare they could ever imagine. A 20 year old man suffering more than we can ever imagine walked into a school and killed 20 children. 6 adults and himself after killing his own mother.

There are 22 families in China facing their worst nightmare. A 36 year old man walked into a school and stabbed 22 children. Not killing them all but scarring them for their rest of their lives.

These  families from different cultural backgrounds, from different parts of the world woke up this morning  very different from when they woke up just the day before. Their children, grandchildren, sisters, brothers, nieces, nephews were senselessly and inhumanly killed or maimed by someone who lost touch with his connection to the One Source. To the fact that we are all one. To the fact that what one does, sends a ripple effect through our consciousness.

This is a season for loving, giving, receiving and abundance yet these two men did not feel this way. They wanted to take life for reasons we will never understand. To take the lives of the innocent, the future generations, the defenseless is unheard of yet this is what these men felt compelled to do. Many of us including myself are questioning why and how someone could do this.

The man in Connecticut also killed his mother then turned the gun on himself leaving no answers to the questions. Leaving no way for the parents of the children or the families of the adults who were killed to ever truly understand why.

As President Obama said yesterday this crime touched the hearts of every parent from around the world. I know it deeply touched me even though I have never met any of the children. Never met any of their parents. But I think of the season we are in. Of the gifts the parents have already purchased for their children for Christmas that will remain unopened. Of the joy that has been stripped from their lives. Of the pain they will endure for the rest of their lives. Of the dreams that have been shattered. Of the senselessness of the crime.

My heart bleeds for those families as if they were mine.  As they are mine. Incidents like these strip away all anonymity because it shows that no matter where we come from. No matter what we look like. No matter what we believe in, we are interconnected in ways we will never understand. What one does to another sends ripple effects through our consciousness. Sends chills through our bodies and demonstrates we are of One Source. One thread that connects us.

I pray for those families whose lives will never be the same. I encourage each and every one of us to pray for peace, love, compassion and thanksgiving. To pray for forgiveness and to give thanks for all that we have because we never know when and how our lives will change. Those families woke up yesterday morning with hope and possibility and probably went to bed last night feeling hopeless and full of impossibility.

We are in a time when we need to heal. To share. To love. To help. To have compassion and to be grateful for the present moment and to live it with love and abandon because it is the only present we have.

To the families in Connecticut I pray for you and with you.

To the families in China, I pray for you and with you.

For the families around the globe who see war every single day, I pray for you and with you.

To our human race, my sisters and brothers around the world, I pray for you and with you.

We are one love. One race. One family. Remember to love as much as we can. To give that which we want to receive so we can make this world a better place for the entire human race. Amen