photo by Patty Ann Smith
Ordinary Citizens
It's really something to see how many ordinary citizens are helping in this disaster. If you'd like to be uplifted a little, you can witness an outstanding example of team effort by a "whole bunch" of ordinary citizens at Andy Carvin's Katrina Aftermath http://www.katrina05.blogspot.com There's a lot of good positive "stuff" going on there!
What About The Next National Disaster? (click to listen)
Who's to blame for the lack of response to Katrina?
And, do we have enough time to find out before the next national disaster occurs?
This is an urgent issue for the safety of all Americans!
Greed and arrogance have no place in humanity.
And, it is an abomination to see segregation and prejudice when it comes to the family of man...and for that matter, any other living thing.
Poverty should not be acceptable anywhere.
And, we can no longer tolerate any more leadership that is not in tune with the pulse of this Earth.
The Family of Man
As a result of the loss of a huge part of a place in our United States and so many of its people, it seems like all of our sense of place has a hole in it. And every time someone prays "instead of " getting up and doing something....life gets worse somewhere on the planet. The value is in what we do.
The family of man is all that's important now, and it's all that should've ever been important. Greed and arrogance have no place in humanity....except to teach us that we never want to be that way. Understanding the people of New Orleans, and what they're going through, is the beginning of greater understanding for all mankind. New Orleans will be burned in the hearts of man forever as the historic beginning of people simply really loving each other...or not.
International Blogging For Disaster Relief Day
Please also check out what other bloggers are doing today to help relieve some of this immense suffering. Click on the "International Blogging For Disaster Relief Day" link on the sidebar and you will find many ideas to choose from if you are looking for some extra ways to help. Right now there is a real need to take digital cameras to shelters and start getting as many individual pictures of survivors as possible. Since it is such a massive undertaking, many people are needed to do this. If I were near one, that would be something I'd very much like to do. Because, it would truly relieve some of the anxiety of the survivors to know that their picture might reach their loved ones. But, "I" am not near one. Anyone who is and is interested, go to Andy Carvin's Katrina Aftermath http://www.katrina05.blogspot.com for more information.
The song below is Dedicated To All The Victims and Survivors of Hurricane Katrina. Our thoughts are with every one of you!
Gulf Coast Song (click to listen)
This song came to me in the middle of the night ~ after a long day of seeing horrific images of thousands of people struggling to survive.
Gulf Coast Song
words and music by Patty Ann Smith
I sailed a boat
through a water way.
I didn't reach the shore
until the next day.
Others stayed afloat
on rubber rafts,
but couldn't share a ride
when others asked.
Carried my things
in a plastic bag.
One that wouldn't
make me lag.
Had no water
for a day or two.
Sometimes wondered
what I'd do.
Lost my mother
and my father, too.
Don't know why
I ever came through.
Now I'm here
on the other side
even though,
a part of me died.
To download this song FREE, click-on Patty Ann Smith Music
Mother Earth....is earning our respect
"All that we did,
All that we said or sang
Must come from contact with the soil..."
William Butler Yeats
Our Tsunami - Hurricane Katrina
The American Red Cross hotline to receive donations for this disaster that has hit the U.S. Gulf Coast is : 1-800-435-7669.
For Red Cross Louisiana shelter information, call: 1-800-469-4828.
Here are a few other relief organizations that very much need your donations in this emergency:
Episcopal Relief & Development http://www.er-d.org
Catholic Charities http://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org
Louisiana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals http://www.la-spca.org
"Hope, like the gleaming taper's light,
Adorns and cheers our way,
And still, as darker grows the night,
Emits a brighter ray."
Oliver Goldsmith, British-Irish author (1730-1774)
A Peaceful Walk
"Meditation is absolute silence of the mind...
Only in that total, complete, unadulterated silence
is that which is truth." ~ J. Krishnamurti
"Peace comes within the souls of men
When they realize their oneness with the universe." ~ Black Elk
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