To me the most tragic part of this event was the loss of a little girl only 9 years old, Christina Green. It is the nature of my faith not to morn death but to celebrate the life what was lived. This little girl had great ambitions, to help people, to go into politics and to become the first female to play major league baseball. She was attending this political event in order to learn, but has instead become our teacher.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110110/ap_on_re_us/us_congresswoman_shot_girl
"The girl already had told her parents she wanted to attend Penn State and have a career that involved helping those less fortunate than her."Let us help at least some of that to still come true. We can help her help people by not letting her be forgotten. By using her young example to also aspire to help those less fortunate than ourselves. It is well and good to meditate and calm our minds and perhaps that peace does reach beyond ourselves, but it is also good to take quiet but firm positive action.
I invite people to comment or post ideas on how we can be a positive force for change. Please write to your elected officials at all levels of government and let them know that we need them to work together peacefully, without hateful rhetoric, to come to a better understanding of each others ideas and find solutions that unite rather than divide them.
In her greater life.. the one that is no longer limited by a mortal clay vessel, this child might be a greater force for helping people than she ever dreamed, if we let her story inspire us to do those physical things that she no longer can. I believe that is happening. I can sense a great positive energy. Is that you I feel? Is that your heart being stirred? Your mind reaching out for ways to .. help those less fortune?
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