Ten Disturbing Visions from the Last 24 hours

Kalani is right: TV is evil... Most of the time. However TV is also information, a lot of it true and valuable information. This has been one of those times. Right now TV, and the images that reach us, can elevate us and our humanity to new levels. From it we can learn things we were never aware we didn't know. We can feel emotions that are far too often foreign to us in our hectic self focused lives. We can be motivated to act in positive ways when we would normally let such opportunities pass us by. It can put our lives in a little clearer perspective. In Buddhist terminology: It can help us be aware of impermanence and suffering and awaken our compassion. Today, TV wasn't evil. Ten Disturbing Visions from the Last 24 hours 1- Red 'X's' painted on 3 houses in a row (signifying dead bodies inside that cannot yet be moved) 2- People sitting on roofs of their houses for over 36 hours waving desperately at helicopters that have to pass them by 3- An empty wheelchair in an alley 4- A man too much in shock to cry as he told a reporter that his wife was torn from his and his child's arms by the wind and had no idea where she was 5- A man being axed out of his attic who only had inches of dry crawl space remaining 6- A bird struggling valiantly against the winds being tossed along the ground 7- A seal that had been tossed onto dry land that couldn't be saved and was shot 8- The roof of the Superdome (once touted as the sturdiest building ever constructed) 9- The famous Bourbon Street sign (no longer there) 10- My kitchen (with full fridge, running water, and working appliances)