tired eyes, tired minds, tired souls.

Things have been all quiet on the western front as of late. It's been a week of reflection and great sadness and gratitude, as weird as that may sound.

The fall-out from the horrific and catastrophic earthquake in Haiti has really weighed heavily on my head and heart this week. It's so tragic and just completely heartbreaking to see the number of casualties rise and rise while we sit back and know that they are so under qualified and ill-prepared to try and help their own people. I see pictures (like these) and read articles (like this and this) and my heart just shatters. Over and over again, every single time.  It's just so devastating in every single way, shape and form it ever could be.  That being said, I've never been more proud of my country and (most) of the people in it for rallying together and doing / giving what they can in order to help make a difference.

But on top of all this, we still have ignorant, hatred-spewing people (that will not be named here because they are just wastes of space and oxygen, but EVERYONE knows who I'm referencing) urging people NOT to help. WHAT IS THIS INSANITY? How can we NOT help these poor, suffering people? This literally angered me so much yesterday, it brought me to tears. I sobbed. I sobbed for the people going through this, I sobbed for the people with family/friends there, I sobbed because I feel so completely powerless and unable to help but on top of everything else - I sobbed because while the majority of Americans have a brain, I'm very well aware that there will be (some) people that actually will agree with these heartless sacks with no souls. And that, is just completely terrifying. The fact that people can be so cold, vile and callous towards other HUMAN BEINGS makes me feel like I need to throw up. Literally, my stomach twists into knots and my heart just aches. I cannot even fathom seeing these gut-wrenching images and videos and feeling nothing but disgust and hatred. How these so-called people function on a day-to-day basis with this much ignorance and hatred in their hearts, I will never in my life understand. Or agree with, for that matter.

But then, I saw this. And I stopped crying. And actually smiled, and maybe even said (out loud) "YOU GET IT, KEITH" because this is how I feel, exactly. And even better,  I'm not alone in feeling this way. While there may be ignorant idiots in this world, the majority know better. I'd like to hope so anyway, especially after seeing this.

There's this post by Chris Sacca detailing different ways in which people can donate / help, that I find completely inspiring and uplifting. I'm donating what I can, and I've never felt better about myself. While it's not much, it's something and the feeling that I get is incomparable to anything else. It's funny how other things become so trivial in a time of crisis and how my attitude completely changes. I just, want to help. And urge others to do the same.