Haiti and my Shame

I awoke very early today and a wee bit ashamed; I had been knocked back with a sinus and an ear infection for a few days. Like a lot of my fellow males, I handle pain badly, I have always though women stronger in many ways, and not just because of the child birth thing. It was however waking up in the middle of a CNN report on Haiti, about people alive still being brought out of the rubble a week later when it hit me. That in a drugstore located a mile away; they had various medications, food, water and copies of the Star and Enquirer in plentiful supply. The grocery store next door filled with various foods and herbal teas, no problem with clean drinking water from the tap to make cups of soothing teas.

It was a let down to me that I felt so overwhelmed with such minor health issues here in my very comfortable space. In a country not far away there was total devastation and the horrors will be unfolding for years. The only thing I could think about was the fact that for a few days I let my miniscule problems derail me so. My god how bad was it that the fact I couldn’t even get online or deal with what millions would only consider a miracle if they could just be in my position. I got a lot of catching up to do today with emails and such, but first I got some more giving to do. Maybe get some of my priorities back in alignment, it occurred to me that that might just be the healthiest thing, in many ways.