Photographed by Anthony Asael
Can you believe that it is week 17 of 2010 and it feels like so many things have happened in so few weeks? Wow! We thought we said goodbye to the recession blighted old year of 2009. Now there is still financial crisis and recession which continues to shock the world, the growing fiscal deficits which call for the increase dependence on the World Bank and IMF. Many have sleepless nights over environmental risks; many mention ‘going green.’ Also there is the unpredictability of the weather leaving billions homeless and millions dead. There is ethnic strife, famines, increased civil wars, ongoing guerilla conflicts. So far this is quote an exhaustive list but far from complete, the losses of 2010 are profound. In contrast, hey, the upside is that gold has regained popularity with Central Banks across the world.
On a more local level when we visit the grocery stores we see prices increasing. To understand the conundrum that we are in we need to take a step back and see ourselves. We would be faced with obstacles no matter what. Let us put it this way the more mountains we climb the stronger our legs become, the fitter we get and the better we feel. Do not be sidetracked, be encouraged, and be excited by ‘tough times’ because these impediments would make us be the giant we all would like to become.
Folks have a wonderful day!
The Black pig's resilience made them a symbol for the Haitian people.
I woke up this morning thinking about the poem attached and about the countries and islands world wide that have been struck by devastation.
I wondered how many of us remember the displaced and the disadvantaged when their plight is not being sensationalized in the media? How many of us say a prayer on a regular basis and include them. For those of us who lead spiritual lives do we actually pray and fast for those who are in distress?
Today I pray for all souls (volunteers, leaders, the wealthy, dying) especially the poor, the hungry the unemployed all victims of persecution, injustice and discrimination of any kind.
Lord Hear Our Prayer
Daily rations
Infants
Barefooted squalor
Intrusive news reporters
Bulling armies
Grown men treated like children
Given orders
When to sleep, live, shut up
And when to die
Developed countries welcoming few
Condemned to their prison
Exploitation at new levels
A chance for the complacent to seem caring
Did you care for Haiti before now?
Do you know its history?
Will you care next year when it is not popular to care?
We long forgot Ethiopia, Somalia
the Democratic Republic Congo, Darfur, Cambodia,
Slaughter in India last year this time
We long forgot China, Japan
Mexico and other earthquake disasters
We long forgot the Philippines
And Tsunami prone countries
We still forget those killed in wars
30 dead in Iraq
We do not bat an eye
5 dead Afghanistan
We sigh and turn away
Death is no more significant than an action movie
Real life bodies piled up
While the hero moves on
No tears are left from those who do not feel this pain
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Poem written by Enrique and Brenda McCartney
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