My god…my petty little problems, my teensy luxury problems are so very very small in the face of this…
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My god…my petty little problems, my teensy luxury problems are so very very small in the face of this…
Ouch. That was hard to read. But “good” for me. You’re right, any of my problems are infinitesimal by comparison.
Posted by: Carry
Very, very sad. I’ll go hug my two daughters now…
Posted by: Jackie
Some parts of the world are more prone to gigantic troubles than other parts. I’ve told my kids so many times “You’re so lucky to be born in this time and in this place.” Just a generation or two back, families lost children to disease all the time. I am of the opinion that civilization as we know it is a very thin veneer; I mean to say that yes, we are lucky to have the luxury of obsessing over relatively tiny difficulties, but it’s not impossible that disaster, natural or man-made, could overtake our lives as well. So I’m grateful for any comfort I can take in the moment.
To back up a bit to a previous topic. You are a person with a strong creative urge. Does it matter how you spend that? Is writing fiction more worthwhile than raising a child,blogging,knitting, cooking, creating a home? Granted some of these activities have ephemeral outcomes and some receive, potentially, more earthly acclaim. But I think they’re all pretty fine and don’t require any sort of apology. And I find all of them fun to read about, by the way.
Posted by: Mary K. in Rockport
I feel so helpless in the face of this and the cyclone that hit Myanmar. I do what I can and donate what I can, but it doesn’t feel like enough. Everything is relative, and our problems are real, but you’re right: this certainly puts it in perspective.
Posted by: regina
Ouch. That was hard to read. But “good” for me. You’re right, any of my problems are infinitesimal by comparison.
Posted by: Carry
Very, very sad. I’ll go hug my two daughters now…
Posted by: Jackie
Some parts of the world are more prone to gigantic troubles than other parts. I’ve told my kids so many times “You’re so lucky to be born in this time and in this place.” Just a generation or two back, families lost children to disease all the time. I am of the opinion that civilization as we know it is a very thin veneer; I mean to say that yes, we are lucky to have the luxury of obsessing over relatively tiny difficulties, but it’s not impossible that disaster, natural or man-made, could overtake our lives as well. So I’m grateful for any comfort I can take in the moment.
To back up a bit to a previous topic. You are a person with a strong creative urge. Does it matter how you spend that? Is writing fiction more worthwhile than raising a child,blogging,knitting, cooking, creating a home? Granted some of these activities have ephemeral outcomes and some receive, potentially, more earthly acclaim. But I think they’re all pretty fine and don’t require any sort of apology. And I find all of them fun to read about, by the way.
Posted by: Mary K. in Rockport
I feel so helpless in the face of this and the cyclone that hit Myanmar. I do what I can and donate what I can, but it doesn’t feel like enough. Everything is relative, and our problems are real, but you’re right: this certainly puts it in perspective.
Posted by: regina
It is absolutely heart breaking.
Posted by: knittripps
http://gracedavis.typepad.com/i_am_dr_lauras_worst_nigh/2008/05/im-back-home-in.html
Posted by: mee
It is absolutely heart breaking.
Posted by: knittripps
http://gracedavis.typepad.com/i_am_dr_lauras_worst_nigh/2008/05/im-back-home-in.html
Posted by: mee