A matter of perspective

[plunkybug]

It is amazing how tragedy can affect a person, and make them feel miserable and awful, only to hear about someone's misfortunes that are worse than yours. But you've only concentrated on you and your own little world. For example, when we lost power for 5 days from Hurricane Charley, I had no tolerance to the people calling me up at work and complaining they have no cable. I felt I had a right to complain and to be upset and irritable. On more than one occasion I felt like saying, "Oh yeah? You have no cable? Aww. Well, I have no power at home due to the hurricane, and it won't be back on for a week so quit your whining and complaining," or something like that. Then I learn learn of people I know who lost their homes and their cars, and that is so much worse than suffering without power in the middle of August in Florida because at least my home and car suffered no damage. Now that the media is drawing away from Hurricane Frances, and we are emerging back into the regular news world, we have been finding out the last few days of the tragedy in Beslan. It is so horrible. It makes me tear up and think hurricane schmurricane. Who cares about that when so many lives were taken so quickly. It is sad that this had to happen to that community, or to anyone really. So sad, so sad. :(