From Afghanistan to Haiti

Why do I make time for this blog that probably no one else reads? It's like sending a signal into outer space. Maybe there's someone out there listening to my transmission or perhaps it is going into nothing. Either way I'll continue.

As daft or naive or whatever you want to name it as it sounds, I do care about humanity but sometimes the people are a real pain in the ass. We try to distract ourselves from the better lives people are leading by tearing those that are "better off" down. We also distract ourselves from those leading treacherous lives by pretending not to care. We go to the movies, watch TV, read, play video games as a few examples but what about the real world? What is real to us anymore anyway?

I am one person, one little person, one tiny speck in the great ocean of humanity but right now I'm alive, I'm frightened, I'm brave, I'm everything to a few and nothing to most.

If you're out there, please help the people of Haiti to rebuild their lives. Even a US$5 donation texted in can make a difference.

Red Cross: Text HAITI to 90999 ($10 donation)
Yéle Haiti: Text YELE to 501501 ($5 donation)
United Way: Text HAITI to 864833 ($5 donation)
Intl Medical Corps: Text HAITI to 85944 ($10 donation)


One text. Simple as that. Go on and do it.

Tears in Haiti

(Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times / January 14, 2010)

A woman weeps after seeing the body of a neighbor who died in the devastating earthquake that rocked Haiti two days ago.