I hate what happened in New Orleans.  A natural disaster can make us feel helpless.  But instead of staying in the helpless, I choose to do something proactive.  I do what I can.  I do not have the ablilty to go down to New Orleans and save people, nor do I have billions of dollars.  But, I do have the ability to go thru what I do have a donata to people I know and to people I do not.  It is not a lot, but it is what I can do.  And I think if everyone did what they could do, then it would help a lot.

It also makes me take stock of how prepared we are for something terrible.  And we are not as stocked and ready as we can and should be.  I can fix that.  It is something I can do.  And although it does not help anyone from New Orleans, I can learn from what is going on there and make sure that my family does not repeat that mistake - lack of prepartation.

Finally, a tragedy should make you take stock of what you have.  Kiss you kids, let the toys and mess sit for a minute cause hey, you have a house and take a moment to be thankful for what you have.