A couple thoughts about the tsunami's and the new year

[Raptor]

You know, I saw an article on CNN that made me think. It mentioned that everyone should forget about their resolutions about losing weight and whatever and focus on what to do about the trajedy and preventing it in the future. I don't think I agree with that entirely.

The Tsunami's were beyond description as far as tragedy goes. That kind of loss of life and devastation is something that effects even the most cold hearted people. We need to put a huge amount of energy into finding ways to prevent it and even more importantly help with the current suffering any way possible, I agree with that. The comment comes off in a way that we should forget about the normal things we think about at new years and I dissagree with that completely. Things like this happen, we all live and die and of course we can do some things to prevent that and that is good, but to forget about our personal goals and self improvement isn't right.

I don't want to sound like I don't care about the tragedy. Nothing could be further than the truth, but like I have said before, worrying about death is a great way to forget about living. Yes I think we should do everything we can for those directly effected by the tsunami's, as well as do what we can to find ways to prevent future loss of life, but don't worry soo much about it that the joy of living is gone. Get the most out of this life, do whatever you can to improve yourself and the lives of those around you.

Just reading the thing on CNN made me want to bring those points up. I am interested to hear how people in general feel about these things, it was a really life changing thing for many in this world, how much did it effect your outlook?