In the Beginning…

October 6th, 2005

KatrinaI haven’t posted a word to this blog since a few days before Katrina came ashore last month. The whole episode sent me into a tailspin trying to think of what we could do to help. My first thoughts were of the many members of our extended family of lifelong friends who had been affected. If you believe in karma then you understand I know for a fact – that all of my extended family members are now proven to be living good lives. It took a few days to find them all – to find out where they had ended up and that everyone was safe – and within a week most of them were here in north Texas waiting to see what would happen next.

In times of tragedy old friendships gain strength. I heard from people I hadn’t heard from in years – wanting to know if I’d heard from our New Orleans families. Thankfully the answer was always yes. Over the next week or so we discovered that, for the most part, not only were they all safe, but that their homes had been spared. Although I know of at least one job that was lost among my extended family, in the end they are all safe – and all back home in New Orleans as I write this.

Over the last three or four weeks We’ve been doing what we can here and there to help – and in some cases help with those who had to run from Rita as well – all while the media and politics put itself back into high gear pointing fingers.

In the end, our hearts go out to the many who lost so much. Ang and I have had a very tough year or so now – such that we’re both shocked that we haven’t given up. But to see the sickening loss that mother nature can inflict upon others instantly made us feel lucky; after all – we still had a roof over our heads, food to put on the table, running water, electricity…. ummmm… and satellite tv, high speed internet, working cell phone service (with web access even!)… and all sorts of other luxuries that thousands of people never had – and certainly don’t have now. We are blessed.

And now a little tidbit about relativity. I spent the week of September 19th in Boston. Katrina Would Have Flooded Boston from the North End to Sudbury. If you know Boston but don’t know New Orleans – or vice versa – boston.com has a superb graphic that is a mashup of New Orleans, Boston, and the area that was flooded. It’s an amazing perspective for anyone that knows the Boston area. The North End, Harvard Square, Brookline, Newton, Wellesley College, and Framingham are all under water. Shoppers World in Framingham is spared, but just barely.

So pray for those who continue to have need. Let our own hearts open in empathy to them, no matter where we are in the world, or what our personal background. In that way we at least make ourselves better people by opening ourselves up to being increasingly compassionate and kind to those in need. Pray for wisdom for those in power, because they certainly need it at this time.

And by prayer, I don’t mean some denominational affair. Just say your prayers to whomever or whatever you believe in. It is the healing energy you put out through your prayers that helps heal the wound. Nature IS energy. Give back to whence it came.

(see also ‘morphogenetic resonance‘ – read my ‘Cyberia‘ thread, or do a google search and you’ll understand. Maybe.)

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