So much suffering…

There are so many individuals around the world who have opened their hearts to the victims of the South Asia tsunami. There is a humanistic feeling that “we are all related”, in spite of differences of nationality, language, religion or politics.

As others suffer, we suffer too. We can think of the many children who have lost parents, parents who have lost children, so many individuals who have lost relatives and friends. There are so many stories to be told of kindnesses, courage, and caring.

There are so many stories of individuals who have lost property but who want to continue from where they were before the tsunami. They may be displaced now and on emergency relief, they may be injured and in need of food and water but there is a spirit to move on with their lives. All these individuals need support and assistance and that is what is being provided by the compassionate peoples of the world.

If it were possible to move the clock back, we would do it. As that can’t be done, all that we can do is to continue in giving moral and financial support to all the victims of this immense tragedy. We have learned much from this traumatic experience and for many, it is the reminder that “we are all related”, we are all members of the same human family, as others suffer, we suffer too. There has been so much suffering.