In contrast at this time of day, my house is quiet until hubby lets in the monster.
The monster is loud and excited and telling another more somber story, about a place far away. A story of sudden death and pain. A story of falling buildings and startled screaming. There are pictures of eyes filled with terror and blank-eyed faces covered in the dust of a destroyed city. The story is so overwhelmingly sad. How can people who have nothing lose even more?
These tests, are they for us...or for those who have lost precious ones? Or are we indeed all just specs of dust under a gigantic shoe?
Sometimes I do think we are. This is an awful monster.
ReplyDeleteRYN: Yes, I can do both. Unfortunately, the ctr key is burping and most of the files I move are being copied too....sometimes up to 28 times. The shift key is working vastly better. :)
profound thoughts....it is sad to know of this, it does seem to make life hard to understand...
ReplyDeleteIt is truly a sad and tragic happening. Hard to fathom. Like you say, those who have so little have lost even more!!! I hope the entire world can come together and really make a difference here.
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SueAnn
I watch and then feel helpless. I've prayed and sent my check, and still feel helpless.
ReplyDeleteWe felt this with huricane Katrina and the tsunami, and 9/11 in a different way. And now Haiti.
I have had to shut off the TV most of the day. The news is so constant and so overwhelming that I cannot take it.
ReplyDeleteFar more questions than answers. Tragic.
ReplyDeleteIt is impossible to really understand our place in the vast and mysterious universe. But we can choose what we do in the face of a disaster like the Haitian earthquake. In our own small realm, Earth, we can help our brothers when they are suffering.
ReplyDeleteYou shared so well. At the end...how can those who have so little, lose so much.
ReplyDeleteI am still fine without a television. I find news like this overwhelming.
Who are we and why? Will we ever know?
Such an overwhelming tragedy. It's unimaginable, but heartening to see the rest of the world rallying to provide aid and relief.
ReplyDeleteOur "monster" sits silent most of the time. We read the news on our computer screens. It's quieter that way, and not quite as distressing.
Sometimes, life is very difficult to understand and you wonder what more and then you fear we'll see. This is really terrible, and I hope we can make a difference.
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Yes...incomprehensible. And yet, I saw an interview last night with a doctor who had flown in...someone who has had a lifetime of experience with these kinds of things. He said that it was hard to explain and that most people couldn't see it, but underneath the impossible situation there was something in the people that would eventually overcome it. It struck me as one of the few realistically hopeful things I've heard.
ReplyDeleteIt is very heartbreaking to see and hear. I think there is a lesson womewhere in the rubble for all of us to learn.
ReplyDeleteWow that was magnificently written. You are an extremely talented writer. Well done.
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