No matter what I do to impose difficulty or risk in my life, nothing can
compare to that faced by those in true dire conditions. I'm thinking, for example,
of a news story from a few months ago saying that 29,000 children under
the age of six had died of starvation in Somalia over a period of about
six months.
I have given myself some personal challenges. But in so doing, I understand how little I am really risking. If I begin to feel a little sorry for myself or sad or deprived, I remind myself how petty and vain I am being.
I put up signs around the house to remind me of people who are really suffering in the world. This is helping me to make my self-imposed challenges more about personal self-control and less about deprivation.
The Theater
5 hours ago
2 comments:
Indeed. I'm often reminded of the same point when I think of my three of my four grandchildren. The first was born in Fargo. Then three adopted from (in order) Ethiopia, Rwanda, then Haiti. The story of each one is heart wrenching to say the least....
TB, I think you understand this better than most of us through these children. You must be so proud of those parents for doing something when it seems impossible to the rest of us.
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