Last night I woke up a little annoyed that my daughter, who was sleeping with me, twisted and turned so much that she pulled the covers away so that I wasn't completely covered by the sheet and comforter. I got up to rearrange the sheets and immediately thought about the hundreds of thousands Haitian people who didn't have a roof over their head or a sheet to rearrange. My mind changed. I immediately felt so grateful and thankful to have a bed, a home, a sheet. The little things aren't that important. Family is important. The love that sustains us is important.
I feel so bad for the Haitian people, the countless others from all Nationalities from all over the globe who are directly impacted by the earthquake in Haiti. I feel for the families that are almost complete except their adopted child is still in Haiti. I feel for all the new orphans, all the mothers who've lost their sons, their daughters, their husbands. I feel for the children who have lost their parents, husbands losing wive and wive husbands. I feel so deeply and then I change my thought because the sadness I feel makes me feel sadder. I'm sorry that there is suffering in the world. I'm sorry that it takes tragedy to show that we care for others. I know that that is when people need it most.
I want it to feel like Christmas time when it's not Christmas time. Tragedy is usually when that occurs. I like the NBC Making A Difference stories because it highlights people doing good throughout the year, not just Christmas. It's easy to be a good Christian at Christmas time. That high energy propels all of us to do good for others. It's hard to escape and not feel it. But, I want it to feel like Christmas in January, and February, and April.
I want peace on earth, that peacefull feeling when I walk outside and drive home and someone cuts me off or drive into my lane while I'm still in the same space they are trying to enter.
I feel so bad for the Haitian people, the countless others from all Nationalities from all over the globe who are directly impacted by the earthquake in Haiti. I feel for the families that are almost complete except their adopted child is still in Haiti. I feel for all the new orphans, all the mothers who've lost their sons, their daughters, their husbands. I feel for the children who have lost their parents, husbands losing wive and wive husbands. I feel so deeply and then I change my thought because the sadness I feel makes me feel sadder. I'm sorry that there is suffering in the world. I'm sorry that it takes tragedy to show that we care for others. I know that that is when people need it most.
I want it to feel like Christmas time when it's not Christmas time. Tragedy is usually when that occurs. I like the NBC Making A Difference stories because it highlights people doing good throughout the year, not just Christmas. It's easy to be a good Christian at Christmas time. That high energy propels all of us to do good for others. It's hard to escape and not feel it. But, I want it to feel like Christmas in January, and February, and April.
I want peace on earth, that peacefull feeling when I walk outside and drive home and someone cuts me off or drive into my lane while I'm still in the same space they are trying to enter.
posted by Blackgold at 11:54 PM
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