Absent-tee-ism and jumping on the bed....

So I've been absent... I think perhaps in more ways than one in the past little while....

I saw something about the recent tragedy in Haiti.... I have been trying to stay away from the video footage, however I saw one brief  clip.  The clip was about the children in Haiti and the state of things now.... There was a scene with some mattresses laid out, and medical care being given to various wounds on the wee ones.  What got me was that surrounded by tragedy, loss, hurt, pain, hunger, thirst, etc... there was a child "jumpin on the bed".... This sweet little guy was just jumping... and... smiling...  and you know.... what we could learn from that.  This isn't to downplay the tragedy and urgent medical care needed in Haiti, but to emphasize the resiliency of children and the beauty they still share with the world, no matter what they're circumstances.

Every day I see people give up, throw in the towel.... "move on" .... run away.... shut down..... turn away.... wallow... (how does one spell wallow....) and all those actions include yours truly.   The weakness that we attain when we have such luxuries....  when we have the luxuries and comfortable cushy lives to turn away and go on and forget instead of acknowledging, dealing, turning around and jumping on the bed.... lesson learned..... now to practice...

Sending a basket full of hugs,
E