Samoan Tragedy

I cannot conceive of how anyone could survive seeing family members swept out to sea on a tidal tsunami. I cannot believe that after the tsunami stopped its flow, there was nothing left. My daughter in law has a cousin married to a Samoan who got on a plane right away in some of the last few seats and flew to Samoa to help his family cope with the consequences of a tsunami. Three of his sisters children were gone, a grandfather was gone, and who knows what other family members. The resort they built slowly but surely was gone. And then earthquakes in Indonesia. And Malawi is slowly being eaten up by the rising waters from global warming. I will not get into the concept of a grand plan, or the God debate, or wondering what the message could possibly represent. We just have to take in the tragedy of catastrophic events that hurt our hearts and our minds, and maybe hope they will help us to recognize what truly is important in each and everyone's life. I look at the petty arguments concerning Health Care which concern those who only consider profit over lives and health and quality of life. I can understand the philosophical and ideological arguments that go on between political opponents, but do they really have anything to do with running a country? When you get down to it folks, it is day to day, and how we choose to live. We can reach out to each other giving what we can, or we can hole up and isolate ourselves and feel safe. Maybe! If we have something we can share, or contribute that actually does some good, to individuals or to groups, wouldn't that give us some sense of belonging to humanity and adding to our Karmic points? Or is that selfish? In the long run, what has anyone accomplished using up all that he has been given and not sharing at least something. In my mind I want to reach out, with a magic wand and make it all good. In the scheme of things, grasshopper, what does it all mean!

Look through the raindrops and you will see!