ALL HISTORY IS RELEVANT NO MATTER WHAT MAY HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE

Lately, things have been frantic here, so no time to post to this blog. I apologize to those of you who follow the blog, and I do read your comments, both good and those not so great (and I delete those that are obviously commercially motivated). And yes, it almost 2012, so why did I write about Katrina? Well, if you've followed my blogs, you know how important I think being reminded of past history is to the future and well-being of this country and the world. People who don't remember and respect history, and learn from its lessons, cannot make logical choices about the future. Katrina was a huge catastrophe that had been in the making for many years while those in power ignored warnings about the potential problems. It was only a matter of time before disaster would strike. And it can happen again unless those in power change their focus from disaster recovery to disaster prevention, and obviously, even recovery to the Gulf Coast has been an almost impossible task.

If the person who commented that 2012 is near and that Katrina wasn't relevant was perhaps referring to the "predictions" that the world will end in 2012. I have news for you. Your world or mine can end any day, even today, one minute from now. One bad car accident, one dangerous tornado or hurricane, one heart attack, one flood, one gunshot can end any of our lives at any moment. Does that mean that we ignore the past and don't even try to make the future better, no matter how much or how little remains? Somehow, I still think people are important. Whatever happens will happen, but that doesn't relieve we human beings of trying to be as caring and concerned as possible. We must all live our lives in ways that benefit humanity, no matter how much longer any one of us has left here on earth.

We weren't put on earth to selfishly live for today with no thought for tomorrow. We weren't put here with any promises of how long our time here might last. I was brought up to care about the past and the future, and to do whatever I could to enrich the lives of humanity, no matter how small my contributions might be.

So the world ends in 2012 ... which might happen, or it may not. Meanwhile, I'm not giving up yet on life or this beautiful earth and the wonderful people who inhabit it.