Wednesday, December 29, 2004

the quake that killed the optimist

Yesterday was a melancholy day. When stopping to think about the more that 50,000 people that have perished and those that are doomed to wander through contamination and carnage, it's rather disheartening. I'd like to implement my optimist philosophy in the face of doom and gloom, but this is just too much...it's impossible to look at a stack of Christmas presents and not feel like a selfish wench. But those that are suffering would most likely not appreciate a sulking American sitting in her well ventilated and heated office just "feeling bad". I've been scouring the web trying to find donation information. Any kind of donation would do - food, clothes, money. The best site so far seems to be the USAID site, containing links to a multitude of donation sources (I scrolled through some and found secure online donation links). So that's all today. I'm having one of those days where i feel the need to work twice as hard to justify my existence.

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