My heart feels like it is torn to shreds. Before we were in such close correspondence with the world at large terrible events still happened, but we didn't know. Now that we know all that is taking place everywhere, on almost a daily basis, our hearts are wrenched every which way.

My prayers go out to Japan. Then there is the California coast, and all the other places in between. How about poor Australia? Further back, Haiti, and Louisiana. It seems that all over disasters keep inundating our world. The poet John Donne said that every man's death diminshes me. He didn't have nearly the death toll to absorb that we have today. When I ponder it all, I feel wraithish.

The feeling that most overwhelms me though is helplessness. If only I could go give everyone a big hug and a helping hand. My paltry dollars won't help anyone much. However, my prayers will continue to fly upward. It's the least I can do.