I find it very hard to follow the logic of war and make sense of the innocent people who die or who are compromised for the rest of their lives because of a political/religious fight. And although the news is heart breaking every day as so many are killed in Iraq and Afghanistan on both sides of the struggle, I’m also saddened to say that I had grown somewhat immune to the daily numbers of deaths. I didn’t realize that until the news about Virginia Tech and how it jolted me back to my senses. It seems harder when tragedy strikes closer to home.

It is such a bold reminder how quickly life can change - completely - for any of us in just a moment. Although I don’t think of myself as being a nationalist, maybe it was because it happened on my national soil that it literally shocked me back to my senses, to my feelings. I prefer to see the earth as a whole and we’re all connected and in this life together. But communities vary in size and in personal connection and what happened last Monday shook me to my core. My heart hurts.

If there is any “good” that comes out of such heartbreak for me, it is that people all over the world become people again and not statistics.

For any of you who are directly touched by the tragedies across the globe or at Virginia Tech we send our prayers, healing energy and white light to you and yours.

Peace
Jillian