It has been over 2 weeks since the dreadful Boxing Day tsunami disaster which has claimed more than 100,000 lives happened. I am still trying to understand and comprehend the scale of this destruction. With almost every international news channel reporting all angles of the story, it is a challenge not to take this as just a story and watch the news with emotional attachment. After watching and following news for over two week, it is becoming “just another story”. We need to continually be able to see the stories with our hearts.
In Malaysia, there are 67 confirmed deaths so far. Yet the mild destruction of costal villages in Northern Malaysia pales in comparison with our neighboring Acheh in Indonesia. Yet, a life is still a life – no matter what the situation was. Every death brings along grief, pain and loss. This is what I feel as I watch the news and reports that flash daily on the computer and television. I feel strongly for the people who lost their loved ones.
I read about parents who had to let go of one or more children to save another. A mother let go of her elder son to save her younger son. While her elder son was pleading to his mother not to let him go, she made that painful decision. As a father, I cannot image being in a position to make such a decision – I love all my children. I can only imagine the pain that these people felt.
Our family have made the donations, gave what we could to the different organizations to be handed over to organizations to be send to the needy.
What I can and will do is to pray and continually send my thoughts to the people who are suffering.
“May their suffering be lighten as time passes,
May mythoughts give them strength to find inner strength to move forward in life.
May these strengths give rise to wisdom that compassion will grow.
To see the value of the life.
May all beings be well”
Sabbe satta sukhi hotu!
KayVee
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