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Thursday, April 14, 2011

Pray for Japan


I'd planned to write something about my life this week but with yet another earthquake to hit Japan, I realised there are more important issues than my venting to express. With an estimated twenty-five thousand dead and one hundred and fifty thousand more displaced without proper shelter, food, blankets, medical aid and sanitation amongst many needed things, I had to take a moment and think about someone else this week.

The people in Japan are left in such a seemingly hopeless situation as a result of a handful of powerful earthquakes, more than 400 aftershocks, a devastating tsunami and a nuclear fall out. All this within a month. I'm left flabbergasted and wondering how do people maintain their resilience after so many set backs. It all seems so hopeless and like such a done deal. Every time the Japanese try to get up they get knocked down. What the hell!? My fear is very exaggerated but I wonder if that island won't disappear into the ocean. I mean hello!

But then again, how many of us face the same challenges as Japan but on a more private and personal scale? Life is never fair. Some people will face more than other while others seem to sail around stormy personal turbulances.... All the time. Many are bogged down with depression, sadness, hopelessness, aloneness, heavy burdens and darkness all around. Unfortunately for many they send many signals out asking for help and the signals get scrambled somewhere where the birds fly and never arrive at the intended destination. Some arrive unscrambled but unfortunately the receiver is of the hook or the decoder is out of commission. Many others don't even know how to start voicing their hurt and insecurities.

Today I wanna say that like Japan with it's natural disasters broadcast the world over, I am aware of your pain however private and insignificant you may think it is. I am aware that you have personal struggles. I am aware that you face losses. I am aware that you feel lost. I am aware that nobody cares. I am aware that nobody has your back. I wanna tell you that as I pray for Japan tonight, I pray for you as well.