tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10802516.post112645805645320824..comments2023-08-13T05:29:23.716-07:00Comments on Health, Wealth and Wisdom: Fire and Water: Reflections on 9/11, Katrina, and the Deeper Meaning of What We UnleashAmara Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205410190118783239noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10802516.post-1127934719096077742005-09-28T12:11:00.000-07:002005-09-28T12:11:00.000-07:00Elam, thanks for your thoughtful commentary.You as...Elam, thanks for your thoughtful commentary.<BR/><BR/>You ask, are leaders "supposed to" take ALL the risks and receive ALL the glory?<BR/><BR/>It depends on how we see ourselves: as powerless beings dependent on elected officials to guide us, or as equal players on life's stage. I am impressed by the tremendous response of "ordinary people" everywhere in times of disaster--Katrina, 9-1-1, the Indonesian tsunami, and countless other cataclysms around the world. <BR/><BR/>We are waking up en masse, and understanding the true meaning of responsibility ("ability to respond") more clearly than ever before.<BR/><BR/>I am optimistic for us as a species. What's playing out now are the final acts of the old way of being. We are all evolving at different rates, but--we ARE evolving!<BR/><BR/>Blessed Be.Amara Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06205410190118783239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10802516.post-1127930724157749492005-09-28T11:05:00.000-07:002005-09-28T11:05:00.000-07:00Amara, I acknowledge my personal experience with K...Amara, I acknowledge my personal experience with Karma (what you reap is what you sow), so I agree with your view of CAUSE and EFFECT.<BR/><BR/>Being a VERY secular and worldly Western Culture, most people probably will not grasp or accept the cause of the disasters. But How can they can anyone deny how overall reaction to the EFFECTs of the disaster. That reaction reflects something very ugly underneath who we think we are. <BR/><BR/>After Katrina's delays (which possibly caused HUNDREDS of additional deaths) the first thing that most people started doing was blaming everyone else. Now the political circus still goes on with scapegoats being selected for the sacrafice instead of shouldering some of the blame AND PUNISHMENT for went wrong. <BR/><BR/>To his credit, Bush did accept Federal responsibility (though I don't think we'll see him in front of a tribunal or any other hand slapping ceromony). Will the local leaders accept ANY responibility? Aren't leader supposed to get ALL the glory and take ALL burdens of risk?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com