Fly me back...to where my home is?

just came back from "redeeming columbine", a talk by daryl scott, who is the father of one of the girls killed during the columbine shooting. her name was rachel scott, and her story is pretty amazing, coz in her short life she touched an amazing number of people, and not only because she was a kind, compassionate person, but because she was a child of God. one of the friends of the killers was interviewed, and he said that even though he was a really unreligious person, he thought highly of rachel and said that "she was what christians were intended to be", and i thought that was beautiful...to live so that people speak of you so highly, not for who you are, but because of the light of God shining from you. it made the whole shooting incident seem so much more real, and so much closer to home...seeing rachel's dad on stage it was easy to feel his pain, yet at the same time his strength and fortitude in the face of darkness, strength that no doubt came from God. it was inspiring, and kinda eerie as well, coz he talked a bit about how rachel sort of knew she would die young, she talked about it occasionally with her friends in a real matter-of-fact way, just as she talked about making an impact of millions of lives around her. the one thing she believed in was that one person can start a chain reaction by extending a hand of kindness, a message that's been passed on literally to millions since her death. one of the challenges her dad gave us at the end was to say thank you to the people who have made a difference in our lives before it's too late. so here's a big thank you to all you lovely people. i'll get around to doing it personally, but in case i don't, know you're appreciated in any case.
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