Buried Alive

I wasn't sure what I would write about today, so I was behind reading my email and decided to look through it first. This is what I found. It is one of those videos you should not miss.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e59_1307497826

It is the exception to be sure, but it is not as rare as many of us think.

Here is a throw away child, unwanted, mistreated; who managed to do more than many children with homes and money and loving attention showered on them night and day.

Here is an example of what the human spirit is capable of.

I would never advocate child rearing like this. It is an abomination, but it makes me wonder if we do not burden our children with too many "gifts."

The old idea of giving our children everything we can, comes from a time when there was not much to give except love, but I wonder if now we fill their lives with so much that they cannot find themselves.

Are our budding Pavarottis and Tolstoys and Dylans, our Wrights and Okeefes and Einsteins, our Gipettos and Harrys and Jones, buried under the constant ka-ching of electronic paraphernalia and media pressure to be different - like everyone else?

How much is too much? How do we make sure they have a chance to see and experience life so that they find the key that opens their hearts?

Deep in my own heart I know that every child has the potential for something.