Unimaginable Tragedy
You cannot watch the news these days without seeing those unfathomable tragic scenes of desolation and total ruin in the Philippines. Seeing the devastation of that nation makes you stop and think about how frail and minuscule we are in the global picture and how fragile our lives (and our good fortune) are in the big scheme of the world. In the blink of an eye, we can lose EVERYTHING, and life, itself, is certainly on that list.
I talked to a lady today whose son has been living in the Philippines over the last few years. She is beside herself because she cannot connect with him. She has no way of knowing if he is alive and suffering somewhere or if he is one of those thousands who perished. Communication is mediocre, if existent at all to the ravaged areas and I am certain that this lady is only one of many, many, many, who are feeling that same kind of helplessness. And just think of those who were in the direct path of the typhoon!!!
How do you even begin to live normally after such a catastrophe??? How can we help - or even begin to? Donations, important as they are, seem almost trivial against the magnitude of such colossal proportions. I just hope that all the monetary donations reach their intended destinations and that they offer at least some relief to those unfortunate folk ravaged by this disaster. My heart goes out to all the people affected (directly or indirectly) by this disaster. Hopefully no unscrupulous scam artists are cashing in on this calamity. That would be the ultimate tragedy and injustice!
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