Somalia

When I got in my car after work the radio was playing WPR's Here On Earth, I don't really like Jean Feraca, but sometimes I like her guest's so I will listen to the show anyways. Tonight was about the world food program, but they were specifically talking about what was happening in Somalia right now. Ms Feraca's guest, Bettina Luescher, was speaking about how the famine could have been prevented Ms Lueshcer started speaking about how women were having to walk long distances carrying their children and many of the children died. Since having my baby I can break into tears at a moments notice, but especially when it comes to children. My heart was breaking as I was listening to her speak, these images I had seen on the internet were popping into my mind, I was getting so upset just thinking of these women and children. I can't imagine holding my baby in my arms and knowing that there was good chance my child would die before I could get help and there was nothing I could do about it. This is wrong. There is no reason in today's world this should be happening.  Ms Feraca echoed this sort of frustration and mentioned a game that a guy named John Breen created and donated to the world food program, the game is a series of questions and the more you get right the more rice is donated. This game has fed million's of people, that is crazy! This means that millions of people got rice who may not have because of one person.  It made me wonder what would happen in the world if we all were able to step into our full potential and offer our gifts to the world. Marianne Williamson says in A Return to Love "It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?' Actually who are you not to be? You are a child of God, your playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people wont feel insecure around you. You were born to manifest the glory of God that is within you."  Reading this quote feels nice, it makes one get excited and think how great we all are, but to actually live out of this quote is completely different. We run into fear, shame, guilt, discomfort, basically things that we don't like and we shrink right back into our own shadows. Why though? Why when we are capable of such greatness do we hind behind masks? How could we let such small things stand in the way of every amazing thing we could accomplish if only we were willing to stand in our brilliance.