120 Mile Traffic Jam!

Only panic could cause that ! And fear....

With the hind sight of Katrina, Rita is causing immense anxiety.

Imagine the cost in terms of time lost and real cost of petrol, which is also going up and down because of Rita .

New Orleans was low lying and below sea level but is Houston geographically similar so much so that it warrant the call for evacuation?

Pain

We all experience physical pain.

My foot and my wife's chest.

We cannot ignore pain. It screams at us.

We need to learn how to handle pain wisely.

What is the pain telling us?

Jesus also suffered the agony of pain.

"No pain, no palm;

no thorns, no throne;

no gall, no glory;

no cross, no crown."

~ William Penn (1644-1718) English Quaker & political activist

Eat and Grow Slim!

This is the latest findings!

Don't now go and rush out to indulge, it is not this type of break fast!

But this kind!

Before you get your hopes too high, a word of caution!

The research is funded by The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) funded the study, with support from General Mills, the cereal manufacturer.

A bout of gout?

For the whole of last week, my right heel/ankle gave me a sharp pain each time I walk. It was a sudden onset. I did not see a doctor and there were quite a few possible reasons. Gout was the top reason offered.

But my pain does not fit the symptoms completely as it was only painful at certain angle. Nor was there any swelling! So I doubt it was gout!

So I became like Quasimodo, hobbling about! No not quite as ugly but hobbled I did! Nor did I develop a hump back!

A reminder from God that we cannot simply rush about doing things 100% all out without adequate rest? So it was enforced slowing down for the week and now I have more or less recovered 80%. Less pain lah as I walk, and able to walk a bit faster, albeit hobbling a bit still.

Vulnerable

Sometimes we delude ourselves. People who lives in a first world infrastructure like USA often forget they are just as vulnerable as the rest of us. What is worse is that there is a false sense of security in technology. The false expectations that with everything that money can buy, any disaster can be averted or even when hit will be overcame quickly.

The rest of the world thought so too. That's why so little help is offered and whatever help initially offered was 'politely' turned down by President Bush. I think he would have laughed at the pittance of international offer to almighty USA. Little did he know the extent of devastation.

The lesson of Katrina is that we cannot take anything for granted. We are all equally vulnerable.

But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?
Matthew 5:44-46 (English Standard Version)

Equality

Rich first world country or Poor third world country
when natural disaster strikes, there is no difference.

Disaster does not differentiate between the rich, the poor,
the white, yellow, brown or black.

Here is equality.

Hurricane, Tsunami, Eartquake, Firestorm
Modernity cannot prevent it from happening

"And what about the eighteen men who died when the Tower of Siloam fell on them? Were they the worst sinners in Jerusalem? No, and I tell you again that unless you repent, you will also perish."(New Living Translation, Luke 13: 4,5)