We are blessed

I lie awake, thinking of the devastation in Haiti: I think: We are blessed to live here, not there I feel guilty. I set a thermostat at a comfortable temperature. I can run hot and/or cold (potable) water. I open the fridge and its full. I flick a switch and get light, music, TV, the Internet. We drive, in a comfortable car, to a grocery store. The aisles are filled with produce from around the globe. I step out on the balcony. Do I see devastation? No, I see this: I go online and donate $100 to the Canadian Red Cross. The Canadian Red Cross has received $10.9M so far. The Canadian Government will match it. Do I feel less guilty. No ... not really ... We are damn lucky ! Do we realize it? No ... not really ... ------------------------------------------ click