"Why, then, was there so much misery? Why, then, was greed more consistent than kindness? Why were so many left to fend for themselves in the most harsh of conditions attendant to poverty when there is great abundance and wealth available to ease t...he pain of scarcity? Why do those in power prove unable to resist the temptation to exploit the very people they were sworn to protect and serve?
It occurred to me that life is giving us all the choices to be there for one another, and intensifies this reality through natural calamities. Yet, we choose more often not to care when we can care, not to share when we can share, to take advantage when we can be generous, to use the uniform for war when it can save lives. There is so much goodwill and sympathy around us, triggered by the sight and need of so many who have died, who have suffered, who went sick and hungry.
I hope that many of us will remember this moment when we cared more and gave more, and that it is always a choice we can make.
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