From Spirit’s point of view, disaster is an opportunity for growth. I know this is very hard to bear in mind when faced with imagery of blood and terror, or when people you know leave this world suddenly. Spirit is not limited by what we perceive as limitations, Spirit does not see what we call death as an ending, Spirit does not grieve the same things we grieve.

In September of 2001, when faced with the hugeness of the terror attacks in New York and DC, I asked Spirit what I was supposed to do with this overwhelming data, because I didn’t know. My brain just shorted out, and I didn’t know what to do. Spirit said something very much like what They said yesterday:

“Blessed are those who give their lives in tragedy, for they afford the rest of us the opportunity to grow in community and in light.

Blessed are those who create tragedy, for they take on karma while affording us the opportunity to grow in community and light.

Blessed are the witnesses, for they can grow in community and light; they can be The Helpers of which Fred Rodgers spoke. They draw their loved ones close. They open their homes or make food or bring blankets or facilitate connection. They are the people who run towards the smoke, the runners who changed course to blood donation stations, the people who acted and are acting.

It is only when we freeze that terrorism is effective.”

Remember, darkness is the absence of light. You carry the light within you, and it is not finite. Share your light with others, maintain the light, stay in the light, and there is no way that darkness can touch you. Whether disaster spurs you to positive action in your family, in your community, or on a global scale, you are acting as a LightWorker, and you are actively thwarting the darkness.

You truly are the Light of the World.