Oh No!

I just found out about the earthquake and 23 foot tsunami in Japan which has left hundreds  thousands of people dead, missing and injured! Also,
"Japan lies on the "Ring of Fire" — an arc of earthquake and volcanic zones stretching around the Pacific where about 90 percent of the world's quakes occur, including the one that triggered the Dec. 26, 2004, Indian Ocean tsunami that killed an estimated 230,000 people in 12 nations. A magnitude-8.8 temblor that shook central Chile in February 2010 also generated a tsunami and killed 524 people. "

My happiness over spring flowers seems trite compared to all this...I am forever grateful that K and I narrowly missed the 2004 tsunami...Back then, we were in Phuket, Thailand for a bit. Then we went down to Singapore for a few days to see HH Penor Rinpoche. We were planning on returning to Thailand and heading to some islands in the Andaman for a few weeks. Luckily, in Singapore, Holiness' monks urged us not to do that, but instead to leave immediately  for India and Namdroling for the inauguration of the new Zangdopalri temple, which the Dalai Lama was presiding over. Fortunately, we listened to the monks, just stopping back in Phuket for one day. A few days later, our hotel was wiped out...

This is a reminder to myself to not get caught up in the mundanity and drudgery of daily life, to not take this precious human rebirth for granted. I pray that all the people who have died in this Japanese tsunami and others might go to Dewachen (or at least have good rebirths)...