thenewpope

This is just so fucked up. Usually (and I feel bad for thinking this way) when something devastating happens somewhere I always think "Sucks, but it's not me...." and get on with my life. But, this one really affected me more than anything has in a long time. Maybe it's because NOLA was always one of those places I assumed I would visit. It was one of those places that I thought I would fall in love with...and maybe end up there one day. Maybe it is because in the last 2 days I have talked to many people who have cried to me over the phone. People who have told me how they've lost everything and have no money, and no food, and no place to go. Begging me....thousands of miles away, for help. And I can't. There is a woman in Gulfport, MS that I need to talk to. I have bad news for her, but I don't really even care about that anymore....I don't even know her and I am worried that she is dead. I just feel so bad and so thankful at the same time. Things like this should really make people stop and think. Just think about the next time you get pissed about some little shit thing...or the next time you are mean to someone for no good reason, think about these people who just lost everything they own and then some. Be thankful for what, and who you've got.