"Not Calming Down" - Simeon's Story

	The song “Not Calming Down” and this project, developed as I realised a need for change… change in me; change in us. Too often we become insensitive to the needs of other people. We can see the pictures of desperation, we can hear the stories of hopelessness, we can know the statistics of poverty; but so easily the faces can become disconnected from the reality that they belong to real people like you or me.
We can talk about the struggles faced by so many but do nothing, or very little to help. In our apathy, the emotion falls away; we calm down and become numb.
“Not Calming Down” is about practical action. It’s about frustration with self - I’m sick of thinking that life is about living for me! I must act in response to what I see. I must persist until I see change in me; until I see change in this world. Niger, the poorest country in the world based on many statistics, is a country full of people with very obvious physical needs. I have seen and touched the people as I lived there in the 1990s; thus I have a connection I feel appropriate for this project.
	CBM was chosen by us to partner with on this project because of its incredible track record of working to rehabilitate the world’s poorest people with disability. It is a fantastic organisation that enables us to quickly become involved in making a difference.
My prayer is that we will all grow through this project: grow in our sensitivity to the needs of others, grow in the extension of ourselves to help others and most importantly grow closer to the Creator; the One who initiates relationship with us and chooses to use us in His amazing work on this planet! - Simeon

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