Today I am thankful for being able to draw a breath of air.
I sit here watching the Hope for Haiti special, tears falling with every story told. Unimaginable devastation. Hundreds of thousands of orphans, unmarked graves hold mothers, fathers, siblings, HAITIANS. Screams of those still trapped. Holding on to what? What? What is it that they have left after everything they know has fallen around them? ONLY faith.
My "problems," my "worries"....completely trivial. How brave are those who have somehow found the strength to carry on. I want to bring all the orphans to my home. Imagine a 3 year old wandering through the rubble. To where? These children possess more courage than I could ever hope to have.
This is the spirit of humanity. Animals don't have it. Plants don't have it. WE are given the ability to be moved. WE are given the ability to be shaken to our core. Tragedy births compassion, and extent to which the world has come together to wrap the Haitians in our love is unbelievable. BUT, we must be ware. Compassion fatigue WILL set in and the media WILL move on, but this nation will not disappear when the cameras leave. These people's lives are FOREVER changed. Continued support WILL be needed.
"We are all responsible for one another" -Dostoevsky
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