Karma from nature

When nature strikes there is no escape, especially with earthquakes. This is so frightening and disastrously devastating. Imagine 68,858, dead with another 18,618 missing (as of Friday, according to CNN), how catastrophic that was, a magnitude 7.9 earthquake. This is so sad and painful for Chinese victims and their families. Is it rightful to say that it is “karma”? It is so more frightening to say that, and unjust. Frightening in a sense that by saying that maybe karma comes back to us with a force greater than that. It wasn’t their choice. They just happen to be living in a place where nature chose to demonstrate its power, and it can happen anywhere. It could happen in whatever form in our place. We should be thankful that we were safe from it and support the victims instead. It was not a joke. We should never be despising or make comments like that over other peoples’ misery. We are all under the heavens, we can never tell what will come or fall our way. Is anyone really safe when nature unpredictably strikes its anger?

Footnote: Sharon Stone was regretful for the May 22 remarks about the disaster in China.