unfair. what else can you say?

so, it is pretty sad these days with what happened in iran. myself, i'm just scrunching my brow and pursing my lips. how does life get to be so unfair. i, myself, just survived a 6.5 earthquake with no more troubles than 24-hours of extra nervousness and a few spots on the wall i need to paint over where some heavy bookends left little wall skidmarks. my family is fine. my friends are fine. shane's house suffered some real damage and he lost some possessions that were dear to him, but he is fine. my exbf and his mother were having breakfast only a block away from where the pan jewelers building crumbled, but they are okay. shaken up, but okay.

it feels like bragging to even say these things out loud. maybe i shouldn't write about it.

because what the people of iran are going through just ... are there words for this? sadness. devestation. confusion. fear (justified real fear). plus, on top of this all they are still experiencing the aftershocks.

life is unfair. not that i think we should have suffered more. but why do they have to suffer so much?

i'm not what sure you can do. we can do. donate money. pray. tonglen. open our hearts for the suffering that goes on around us. and thank our lucky stars. be humbly grateful. be graciously thankful. fully realize the grace that you have been fortunate enough to experience. knock wood that it may continue. and appreciate today. appreciate today. appreciate today.