The estimates of loss of life as a result of the earth quake and tsunami in Japan are at 17,000 souls and expected to reach 25,000. My heart goes out to all the people of Japan and their global family.
I wonder when we will finally awake, become aware and internalize that each and EVERY day, at least 25,000 people die of hunger and starvation, needlessly and that we can end this situation now?
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The other day I saw an estimate that the cost of rebuilding all of what has been destroyed in Japan will be in the neighborhood of 256 Billion Dollars.
Would you find it interesting that according to Forbes, the top 25 wealthiest people in the world could accomplish that without even using half of their assets?
Because my Father was born in Edinburg, Scotland, we grew up very aware of the Second World War, the shadow of which cast itself across our consciousness as children. There were books, especially ones with pictures of the city of London, destroyed.
During my first and recent visit, every place I looked in that city, produced a sense of awe toward the human spirit. Is there anything we cannot do, if we set our minds to it?
