Comments on: Terrorism vs. Katrina http://www.anotherblogger.com/2006/09/10/terrorism-vs-katrina/ Random rants and wandering words Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:21:32 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: GraceD http://www.anotherblogger.com/2006/09/10/terrorism-vs-katrina/comment-page-1/#comment-264 GraceD Tue, 12 Sep 2006 16:18:16 +0000 http://www.anotherblogger.com/2006/09/10/terrorism-vs-katrina/#comment-264 It seems to me that you didn't read the rest of what I wrote and that you picked this section out of context. I finished that post with this: "Then, my middle-way self will gently push herself forward and try her best to see the balance of 9/11 and Katrina and everything else. That it's all suffering and that our work is to alleviate suffering, as much as we can. "Then, middle-way self reminds me of our most important task - alleviate the suffering, and start with oneself." Thus, this post was about my conflicted feelings, the realm of responses from angry sobbing to cynicism - then to finding compassion in all suffering, including our own. It seems to me that you didn’t read the rest of what I wrote and that you picked this section out of context. I finished that post with this:

“Then, my middle-way self will gently push herself forward and try her best to see the balance of 9/11 and Katrina and everything else. That it’s all suffering and that our work is to alleviate suffering, as much as we can.

“Then, middle-way self reminds me of our most important task – alleviate the suffering, and start with oneself.”

Thus, this post was about my conflicted feelings, the realm of responses from angry sobbing to cynicism – then to finding compassion in all suffering, including our own.

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