there are many names...I see myself as connected to the the whole, as we all are. We are all facets of the same diamond, here to remember the connection we have with each other and with the Divine. In truth, there is only ONE of us here. I feel this with all my heart and soul.

Christopher's story is heartbreaking and hard to comprehend. How can we make sense of such suffering and cruelty? I don't know and I don't think we're meant to know, quite frankly. We are challenged to see beyond the illusion of separation and remember that Christopher's story and his parents' story is connected with ours, in some way. It reflects back to us a part of our cultural and collective identity. It is both painful and yet necessary for us to become aware of that because it gets us in touch with our Compassion.

Perhaps there's something "higher" being played out by having to bear witness to this dance of suffering. IS there any "meaning" to be given to these sorts of situations?? Who knows?????

I have no answers, but I know with all my heart that when we are confronted with the darkest and most painful aspects of our collective human psyche, we are called to remember and embrace the Shadow within ourselves and by doing so, we have the great capacity to be healed with Compassion, Love and Grace.

In the Darkness, we are called to remember the Light. I know this is True.