Why do bad things happen?

Bad things.  They happen.  But why?  If there is this cosmic energy of love and a God to speak of,  how could such horrors happen?   Two words.  FREE WILL.  It is a catch 22.  You have the freedom to love and create the most beautiful things, but you also have the freedom to destroy.  Here in Calgary with the loss of  five year old Nathan O’Brien and his grandparents, Kathryn and Alvin Liknes, horror was created.  Let us keep in mind that these people were not just “their” child or “their” parents, they are our family too.  June 29, 2014 our family went missing.   Kathryn and Alvin were not just Nathan’s grandparents, but also a father and a mother, a brother and a sister, friends, co-workers, neighbours and they lost each other.  Nathan was a son, brother, a friend, a school mate, and the boy next door.  The impact is great.  Did they deserve what happened to them?  Nobody deserves to be murdered.  Nobody deserves to lose a child or a family member.  Then why does this have to happen?  All I can share with you is what I have seen from spending thousands of hours in meditation, with clients talking to the other side, teaching and in prayer.  If it brings you comfort, I am glad.  If you disagree and it gets you angry, I am still glad because it got you thinking and talking about what you do believe.

First those that have lost a child are the strongest souls here.  They are not the weakest.  They choose to go through the worse emotional pain that good people would know.  The loss of a child.  This does not make them victims of the universe, but displays their bravery at walking this path.   The child and the parent are not child and parent while in Heaven.  They are evolving Spirits that are traveling together as a family to serve and grow in understanding love.  If we have mastered it, we would not be here.  Nobody is going to go on a perfect mission.  We do our best.  But imagine how brave these souls are to go through this.  Do not send them pity and sadness, send them joy and strength and admiration.  They are a team of Angels on Earth that have brought forth a message that not just our city is taking note of, but a whole country.  People are keeping their families closer, people are sending love and prayers, people were helping to look for them and we banded together because one family was brave enough to fall apart.  Do not waste this opportunity.

Namaste,