ROZ VIEW: Hurricane Katrina -- The Horror & Degradation Of It All
This is one time that even I am speechless, tears rolling down my face as I watch the devastation and degradation the victims of Hurricane Katrina are experiencing.
I could not sleep last night and was watching/listening to the TV interviews from different Katrina shelters (for lack of a better word). I literally thought I was dreaming as I listened to the accounts of murders and rapes from doctors and reporters. One doctor said he would not go back until they provided more security.(It was that bad!)
I can understand people being terrified, disillusioned, abandoned and lots of other things I can't even name, but... to result to barbarism is beyond any way of thinking I am familiar with. I would not even venture to write what I think should be done with the offenders.
I can only pray for the survivors and hope things get better for them in the very near future. Those who have been transported to Texas are at least being treated with the dignities and compassion human being deserve.
In the past couple of years I have learned how to turn my challenges into blessings, or find a blessing or a learning experience in them somehow. It was never more clear to me, just how rich I am in blessings just having a roof over my head, water (hot or cold) running from the tap, food on my table, electricity and warmth. As I pray for Katrina's victims I will give thanks for my blessings of the moment. I have already learned the lesson that nothing is forever and things can change from one second to the other.
They are all in my prayers and thoughts. I hope the rest of us never have to know their struggles firsthand.