To Erica about disappointment/ Surya, and group

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Namah Shivaya Erica, Surya and group,

Surya-there are more of us out here than 10 or 15... LOL...I don't always

get to even read all the posts due to time constraints with 2 jobs and life

happening.... Here I am... in the lap of luxury with a 3 day weekend and

feeling very very sad, incredibly heartbroken, helpless! about the hurricane

victims. Here I sit, comfortable, showered and with food and all my bare

necessities while I watch the dire situation unfold before my eyes on the

television and hear it on the radio. My heart is so broken that I cannot

watch without sobbing. To see the elderly, children, the poor, families-even

those who were homeless-how could they have ever gotten out of town for the

hurricane? Where has the help been?

 

Our government can plant National Guard in Iraq in 24 hrs. But it took days

and days to get to the Gulf states. Many died who did not even need to die

due to the lack of response. Bush has failed us, he and the leaders who head

us our disaster relief did a miserable job. Bush was still on vacation for

the first two days of the disaster! In fact, the reporters state the relief

efforts resemble Haiti, not America. So much could have been done with

planning and preparedness. I also agree that we are wasting countless elite

soldiers and money in a war. Now we need help and so many resources are

scarce.

 

I just needed to vent my anger and my sadness. I have 5 people I know in

Mississippi and they were in one of the hardest hit areas, 20 miles from the

sea. I have not heard a word yet. One is a young, single mother with 3

children whose husband had died tragically in a car accident a year ago. She

had no money. And I wonder, did she make it out? So I am worried and sad. I

cry to Amma and wonder, how can this all be so?

 

I am hopeful to find a local group organizing relief efforts by packing

supplies. I also plan to donate blood. I feel so helpless being so far away

in St. Louis. We are supposed to have a prison renovated within 2 weeks and

they will also be bringing some of the hurricane victims here. Let us all

pray together as Dayamrita has suggested. The Ashram is doing the 1,000

Names this Saturday 2x-once in the morning and once in the evening.

 

Dear brothers and sisters, our hearts are truly one. May Amma shower us with

Her loving guidance so that we may alleviate the suffering of others.

 

love to all,

Adriane