Our hearts go out to families of victims of tragedies like the missing Malaysian flight or the Korean Ferry. Lives lost, prematurely. The anguish of families shown in the news. It's almost like we can relate and put ourselves in the shoes, and feel their pain.
Maybe we are just secretly relieved that it didn't happen to us. Afterall, what are the statistical odds that a ferry sinks, or a plane crashes?
Everyday, thousands of kids die because of a lack of basic necessities like food and clean water. We don't mourn them. They don't catch the newspaper's headlines. We don't relate to the anguish of those parents who have to watch their kids wither away starving or sick because there is no food or clean water. We don't? Or we can't? Or we don't want to? Maybe we are just secretly relieved that it didn't happen to us.
Unless we are more careful with our water resources, the day will come when clean water can no longer be considered a cheap commodity. Hopefully, I won't live to see that.
P.S. Today is Earth Day. A fitting time to do my tiny little share - made a donation to an organization called "DigDeepWater," whose noble mission is to "defend water access as a human right."
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