Tuesday, February 6, 2007

Survival

I don't know how they survive... We have had an extreme cold weather alert for nearly a week now. The wind howls outside of my home and inside I wear a hat, scarf, long underwear, cut off gloves, sweaters, fuzzy pants. Whatever will help keep me warm. My home is a bit of a sieve I guess and someday... But I am inside. Today I went out and I saw people sitting outside. They are in danger of frostbite. Of losing noses, fingers, toes.
And some of these citizens are unable to come in because of what has happened to them in the past when they have done so. They have not experienced kindness and compassion, but rather its opposing state. And it has left them suffering, still, outside.