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Monday, April 06, 2009

Cherish What You Have

Earthquake in L'Aquila Italy early this morning

Very early this morning, on April 6, 2009, a devastating earthquake killed at least 92 people and injured 1,500 in the medieval mountain city of L’Aquila Italy – only 50 miles north east from Rome. Tens of thousands are homeless and more than 1,000 rescue workers are combing through the rubble in search of survivors. The 6.3-magnitude tremor was the country’s deadliest since November 1980 – which killed more than 2,500.

Uncertainty, fear, devastation, chaos. Increasingly, these seem to be the watchwords that populate our daily vocabulary.  In these uncertain times, where the fragility of life is called into question daily, it is important to cherish all that you have.

I know times are uncertain. I know in talking to so many of you that you are frightened by so much. But when devastating news like this earthquake reaches us I encourage you to step back and recalibrate your outlook. This is a powerful opportunity for each one of us to shift from complaining to appreciating.

From this point forward, find someone or something to be grateful for everyday. We are being lovingly forced to rise up out of our circumstances and stories into the truth of who and what we are. Trust in yourself and your journey and know that the Divine is at the root of every experience.

Cherish what you have knowing that it may be gone tomorrow. Don’t hold back. Live life fully and share all that you are… all the time.

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