The Full Moon and Violins

Hi Everyone,
Whoops!!! I was laying down last night waiting for my son to be done with the computer so I could do my daily posting and the next thing I know it is morning! I guess I was tired. Check out the picture of the sun through the trees - isn't that beautiful??????????? I was sitting in my car waiting for my daughter and her friend and captured this stunning image. Just a few hours later the sun was down and the moon was out and full. I LOVE the moon and all of it's phases. I wasn't able to really get a good photo but I am sharing what came out. Having my camera with me all the time has been really nice and because I love visual images so much it keeps my awareness in a heightened state. Last night I went to the new cafe' in my town for some live music - pictures below. The woman who started the cafe' came over for a chat and I congratulated her and asked her how it felt to see her idea become real. Her response was to point out two people who lived in one room apartments without any family. She said they come to the cafe' to feel part of something bigger and that is what made her the happiest. Now that is GOD. She was beaming as she shared this with me and you could truly feel her heart. She then introduced me to another mother with a baby just slightly younger than Lilly. The babies were connecting while I was getting to know her parents. I shared with them a litte about Lilly's history and what was going on in the world with the orphan crisis. She asked me to be the first speaker at a new mother's group she is starting. YES! I sharedwith her the ideas that Sharlyn and I have for doing our part about raising awareness and helping to fund adoptions both domestically and internationally. They both responded with a lot of emotion and energy helping to keep the dream alive. I haven't shared about that yet on this blog but my daughter was born in China and remained an orphan for the first 10 months of her life. You can see a picture of this sleeping angel on this post. She is a blessing in every single way. While raising funds for the journey to adopt her it become very clear to Sharlyn and I that God was calling us in a big way. I have to confess that there have been moments that I don't want to answer the call. It feels so big and I don't know HOW. We have to answer though. We can't wait for a perceived perfect moment in the future. The ego sometimes wants to trick me into thinking - not now, maybe later. You have more important things to do. Are you kidding me??? Something more important than raising awareness about these precious children and inspiring people to do their part? What could be more important than that? As I recently heard Van Jones say "....we can have no throw away children.....". We believe that the orphans are serving an evolutinary role in humanity. We do not pity them as they are some of the strongest spirits alive on the planet today. They still find it in them to smile while going through hunger, despair and a lack of love and safety. They are teaching us so much. We hear a lot of talk about oneness these days, the idea that there are 6 billion manifestations of the same energy on this planet. As we begin to really embody this we start to take more responsibility. We start to see the suffering as something that we are not responsible for but responsible to. Sometimes things seem so big and we think we can't make a difference. I have thought this many times in my life. Global warming, the orphan crisis, Darfur.....all these things are just so BIG. It is easy to think that my actions won't have an impact. This is WRONG. If everyone just did something it would change the world. It really would. People hear world peace and they immediately think it won't ever happen. Well, not so long ago people were talking about an end to slavery and it seemed impossible. It takes a brave group of people to start talking about things that other people may scoff at or tell us that we are dreaming. I heard Marianne Williamson say that social scientists are now saying that it only takes 11% of the population to create profound change. Be in that 11%. So it is our committment to stand in the gap between the orphans of the world and the people who can help them. We look forward to all the ways we can build bridges between the two. Yes, it feels daunting. Sometimes I get scared or confused but I really have no choice. There is nothing in this world that makes me more excited than knowing a child is being loved. The time is right now to recognize these children and to make a stand for them as if they belong to us. Because they do.

Imagine a world where every child is loved and how this would change the world,
Kimberly

Quote of the Day:
We can do no great things - only small things with great love. Mother Teresa