So I am sitting here trying to think of something to write and nothing, but nothing comes up. This is very unusual for me as anyone who knows me will tell you, I can talk the ears off corn. I am sure "girlsrule" and "purgatory" will freely attest to this. I can write crap about anything and make it sound soooo profound and deep but this week I have a problem. 

The trouble ( I won't say problem ) is that the incredible mess left behind by these massive Tsunamis everywhere, makes anything I have to say feel and look tiny and insignificant. How trite of me to even say that! I am now complaining because these disasters have made my opinions redundant and futile. Pathetic, I need therapy, I really do have a problem.

When I say I have a "problem" I mean that in the feintest possible way. I don't really have any problems, I live in a nice cottage and have a nice car and a nice little life with most of my health, most of my teeth and some would say, reasonable looks. I actually have no real problems at all. I say this repeatedly because I have recently been brought to the realisation that no matter what happens to me I have no problems. If I get cancer and it is terminal, I have no problem. If I lose my sight, I have no problem. If I fall and break my back and am paralysed... I still have no problem; and do you know why?  Because in a street in Bangladesh some poor guy with the same affliction has no public health care, no friends to care, no "network" to look after him and no government funds to rely on for food and shelter. If he lives on the curb and scrounges for food, no one is there to help him. Even when you live in the U.S. and are homeless you are better off than that.

I do not write this now to make us all feel the collective guilt of the wealthy. I am saying these things only because I need to better appreciate what I have and to be more grateful to the almighty for it all. I do not feel guilty because I have so much, I give what I can to the have-nots and I will give more when I have it.

I say it because with all this death and destruction about the world, we need to clearly focus on what a problem really is. Lift up your faces, smile at each other and celebrate your lives. If no wave came to your world, if no water washed away your loved ones then be glad and grateful.

If the water took someone you love, washed away your life or took a friend from your gaze then I can only offer you my heartfelt condolence and my prayers. My heart goes out to the families and the friends. I have a friend who is over there now, working away at disaster relief and I want to volunteer to go too but can't afford to be away from work. I admire you Kim for your ability to get the job done, I just feel helpless.

So, anyone out there feel like they have a problem?