A couple of weeks ago here in town we had a conference on bullying. Things to look for ways to prevent it and things like that. The keynote speaker for the conference was a young man named Craig Scott. For most people that name does not mean a thing. It did not mean anything to me before that night. Now it is a name I will never forget.

 Craig was a student at Columbine. He was there, in fact he was pretty much in the middle of it. His friends were killed next to him in the library and his sister Rachel was the first person killed. The message that Craig was passing on was not about the shooters though. It was about his sister and how she lived her life.

 Rachel Scott was a kind hearted young teenager who believed in treating others with respect, no matter how different they were. She believed that she would change teh world just by being good to people. She believed that she would " Start a revolution" of people being nice and treating others with respect.

 Rachel kept journals of her thoughts as well. Pages and pages filled with hope.

 The two boys who murdered her and so many others used the same words Rachel used in a video they had made. They also wanted to " Start a revolution." The difference was that their revolution was one of hate and destruction while Rachels was one of hope and promise. On April 20th 1999 these two revolutions collided and like most revolutions those that started them were all killed.

 The message that Rachels brother Craig was getting to us was that if you focus on the positive things then the world becomes a better place for us all.

 Craig played the 911 tapes from that day and watching him I could see him go back to that day when he was a teenager scared shitless hiding under a table waiting to die BUT.... Craig chose to take up his sisters cause and tell people her story, and his. It was never said really but Craig was not the nicest guy in high school. So now he goes from town to town , as does his family, to tell Rachels story. To try to prevent Columbine from happening again.

 Now I am not really getting his point across very well here, but I am posting a link to the Wiki artical about his sister. Read it , and if you get the chance to go to a Rachels Challenge workshop in your town do it. I swear to you that it will change your life.

 One last thing. Craig encouraged everyone to keep a journal of their thoughts and ideas so that once your gone, whenever that may be, your family and friends can look back and once more share ideas with you. So it is because of that that I am going to make an effort to once more blog on a regular basis. I can not say that I will write twice a day every day like I did before, but I do plan on writting more then once every couple of months. Most of my readers are gone I know, but perhaps I will find new ones.

 And so on that note I give you, the LINK!