It is not the time to speak of race, colour, politics, or in Sharon Stone’s case, karma. Got a rude shock upon reading about it, cannot stop thinking how inappropriate that statement of her was. Wells, more on that later.
I have been tearing alot of late, what’s with all the heartbreaking news of increasing death toll, tear-inducing stories of the victims & their families, and moving stories of the efforts of rescue workers.
I remembered how I wailed out loud at news of one victim having to saw off her legs in order to survive. There was virtually no way for the rescue workers to reach and pull her out from the rubbles, unless she saw off BOTH HER LEGS – ON HER OWN first! Y_Y
To be completely honest, I cannot imagine placing myself in their shoes nor can I truly understand what they are going through. A similarly forlorn Ying said everyone has their own battles to fight, and in this case I say, a long battle between mother earth and mankind.
The insignificant me can only hope for the victims to rest in peace, the families to be able to seek solace, and the survivors to live even better, for themselves, for the 60 over thousand lives that’s sacrificed in this painful disaster. It is of course not easy, for the anguish of loss and grief is so real, and brutally painful.
The other aspect that really need a much longer span of attention in the near future would be rebuilding! It’s gonna be a long term effort in rebuilding the affected town/province, as well as the emotional well-being of people who lived on - that I believe needs ‘reconstructing’ the most.
(Digress: I have some pictures I wanna upload for this post, but have been trying futilely for the past three hours or so. I truly hate WordPress at this moment, it has successfully treaded on my very short nerves!)
Lifted from http://sichuan-memorial.org,
Humanity transcends race, color, religion, and nationalism.
We may be 7000 miles from the destruction,
but feelings of deep loss are universal.
