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Saturday, September 24 pass it on to Rita
Its hard to believe that after the horrors of Hurricane Katrina still very much in effect another killer storm has come in barely leaving enough time to catch ones breath from the last one. To read about the people who bravely went back to New Orleans only to be asked to leave again is beyond sad. To read about the elderly who died in the bus that caught on fire while idling at the endless traffic jam of those trying to evacuate brings one to a state of helpless fury. Now Rita slams into Texas and the much scarred and weakened Louisiana. More floods, more rain, more pain and loss. How much can the gulf take one wonders? I’ve heard rumblings from some about calling this a “wrath of god”….but if that is the case…we’ve had “wraths of god” for as long as we’ve been here, as long as this planet has been here. I’m not saying I would be surprised to find out god is mad at us…look at all the evil we humans have created and look at all the damage we’ve done to this beautiful planet and continue to do, but I don’t think these hurricanes are about how mad god is or is not with us. I think they’re just part of how cruel Mother Nature can be. How we handle them, how we help our fallen brothers and sisters, that’s where the god thing comes in. I’m certainly not a religious woman. Yep I’m Jewish. Yes I do believe in a higher power, but I think the bible was written by men, passed down by men and would have a whole different twist if it were written by women. Think about it. But I won’t go there right now. What I do think is that times like this show us what we are made of. Are we sitting in our comfy, dry, safe homes, feeling like all the pain is a million miles away and doesn’t mean diddly to us? Or are we sending money, sending love, sending food, maybe even going out there and volunteering? September 11th showed me the very worst that humans were capable of, but it also showed me the very best. I have seen that compassion, that courage, that kindness, that self-less wonder again in Katrina. Please don’t let it stop. Reach into your heart and find what good ness you have to share and then pass it on. Pass it on. We’ll roll all over this wrath with our massive kindness. Won’t make it go away, but it should ease the pain.
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