I'm concerned with the earthquake outburst in Haiti. This small Caribbean country had been hit by misery, poverty, illness and this week with one of the worst earthquakes ever. My heart is saddened with this tragedy.
This whole situation made me think about the lack of mercy and human values in our beloved Puerto Rico. Our nation is suffering the virus of envy, pride and violence. Most puertoricans only think on their well being, on their own good and forget about giving a hand to the neighbors, to the coworkers, to the needy people on the sidewalks.
My invitation to you today is to make a prayer to our brothers and sisters in Haiti. May the lord be with them in this time of despair.
And to my Puerto Rico, may the lord forbid a tragedy like this to happen in our country. May God help us to conciliate our well being with the well being of our community and our society.
This whole situation made me think about the lack of mercy and human values in our beloved Puerto Rico. Our nation is suffering the virus of envy, pride and violence. Most puertoricans only think on their well being, on their own good and forget about giving a hand to the neighbors, to the coworkers, to the needy people on the sidewalks.
My invitation to you today is to make a prayer to our brothers and sisters in Haiti. May the lord be with them in this time of despair.
And to my Puerto Rico, may the lord forbid a tragedy like this to happen in our country. May God help us to conciliate our well being with the well being of our community and our society.
About Haiti, I always think of a famous saying of Magaret Mead: "It's so terribly difficult to do GOOD to people."
ReplyDeleteShe meant, I think, that despite our best intentions, despite doing everything to help, we can never fully predict what will happen.
Food is arriving in Haiti, and gangs are stealing it, threatening relief workers, looting, etc. We want to help, and yet often we have no idea what to do, or what we're getting into....
I'll pray--in my Buddhist way--for your friend Roberto, and for all the people of Haiti. It truly is a tragedy!