Lately I've noticed that some of the blogs I normally read haven't posted anything new for almost a week.
I've continued to check back several times, but there have been no new posts. I think I know what's going on, because I suspect that these bloggers are struggling with the same issue that I am.
How can I blithely post about the minutiae of my life when halfway around the world in Japan, people are living moment to moment -- waiting for the next aftershock, fearing another tsunami, wondering if the radiation will spread to Tokyo or other population centers to the south.
While I bemoan the fact that The Good Wife was a rerun, people in northern Japan are searching for survivors and asking other countries to send them all the body bags they can spare. I sit in my heated home and complain about being cold, yet it's just as cold in Japan and hundreds of thousands of people are without power and shelter.
It seems frivolous to write about the things I "lack" or that I wish were different in my life right now. Maybe I'll feel differently tomorrow or the next day. In the meantime, I feel guilty for my abundance and good fortune and writing about either one seems in poor taste.
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