Aloha . . .

People who want to make a difference should get smaller dwellings, ship excess materials like the
gold chandeliers to the 'poor starving people' overseas so they can at least have better lighting while
they slowly expire from AIDS, a lack of clean water, lack of clean food and a lack of caring by the
rest of the world. I look in the mirror every day (well, at least a few times a week) and think to
myself, Ok pal, what the ______ are you doing besides whining like a jerk? The answer is
not goddamn much at all.
 
So when I get done with school, if I don't just get overseas again (and I hope to god
somehow and someday I will!), if I buy a car I will get a hybrid or at least a four cylinder, I
will try to not own as much stuff, I will convert a house (if I ever own one) to solar and
have it feed back into the grid and whatever else I can.
 
Yo! Where did all that spring from! Sorry to rant and rave but this huge deal about
seven dead people pisses me off! I honor them but wonder about the thousands dying
every day because of people like me. The Columbia astronauts knew the danger, they
would not call themselves heros but simply people doing the job they were trained for.

Firefighters are not heros. They do thier job as told and as trained to do whether we
are volunteers or paid. In the Emergency Department we do our jobs to the
best of our ability.

We should mourn those who die because of our inaction, we should not only mourn
but take mindful action with great purpose and direction aimed at alleviating suffering
and injustice no matter where it resides.
 
Remember, self hatred is good . . . to an extent.