Earth Quake Sadness in China
So many seem to suffer in this part of the world the past few weeks. First there was the cyclone in Myanmar, now quakes in china, and the bombs in India.
It has been hard to post anything positive.
I am broken hearted for all those parents who lost their ONLY child in the earth quakes. Chinese people invest everything in that one child...
I hear about people giving money and blood in Shanghai and Beijing on the news but around here life seems to go on normally.
That is the thing about it though, isn't it?
Life always goes on, forging ahead forcefully, never once stopping for a moment because someone's world just collapsed all around them.
Life doesn't know that kind of courtesy.
After all, I was born in a country where I grew up eating while others perished for the lack of a single bite to sustain them.
We all have to live with these contradictions. Its just some of us are closer witnesses to them than others... so we can not deny them.
As I prepare to bring another child into this world, I am confronted once again by my own privilege and by the fact that I have done absolutely nothing to deserve it.
I was just simply lucky.
Life does what it does regardless.
I heard on NPR yesterday about this 8-month old pregnant woman that was rescued from the rubbles. She was trapped for 50 hours. What a miracle. My heart goes out for all
the victims and families.
Beautiful picture, BTW.
"We all have to live with these contradictions. Its just some of us are closer witnesses to them than others... so we can not deny them."
i always ask myself, can i deny or de-emphasize their impact on my daily life and frame of mind because i cannot change these realities?
This may be a little off topic but, the realities of the health care system in ethiopia comes to mind. dearest family members and millions of others are prone to iffy diagnosis/prognosis in ethiopia while most of us abroad live in the lap of luxury with access to good health care.
but then it has been once said "grant me the grace to accept things i cannot change, courage to change the things i can, and wisdom to know the difference."
I heard about that too, we actually aired the video at my tv station. The sad part about the story was that after pulling the pregnant woman out, the rescuers deemed the situation too dangerous to rescue the others who were trapped. So sad.
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I am glad you and your family are okay. What a beautiful piece you wrote, by the way.
"Life always goes on, forging ahead forcefully, never once stopping for a moment because someone's world just collapsed all around them."
That is the beauty of life, isn't it? Or maybe its ugliness?
Be well, dear. I am counting each elapsing moment and praying until the "gonfo" day comes. :)
tsepeace, I know just what you mean... in the end, we learn to compartmentalize things in such a way that they don't bleed into each other.
Midlife Mommy, it can be overwhelming to think about helping. There is so much we can not do anything about.
Bemnet, thank you for checking on me:)
Brango, you are right...the fact hat life goes on is the beautiy and the ugliness of life.