Condolences for the dead...

Roses for the dead. Condolences for those who've lost. In the death of millions, that's when we're reminded of the dead. How ironic that we may not take too much interest in the deaths of one or two people, but when thousands are lost in the wake of the sea, we start propping up virtual roses to respect them.

What good are virtual roses to those who've passed on beyond the grave? What use are condolences to those who can't hear them? Why do we do that which is unlikely to make a change in their lives? How many among us truly feels for these people who are suffering in the wake of the tsunami? It is easy to say that we feel sad for them. But do we really mean it?

I've seen a couple of people who confessed sadness for the deaths of so many, yet manage to enjoy themselves at clubs dancing their nights away. Sadness? Respect? I'd like to ask one simple question. Where is the sadness? Where is the respect?

It is hard for us to feel for people whom we barely know. It is difficult to care for someone we've never met. I'm not saying it's impossible, but it's difficult. For in order for us to care, we need to know. And the victims that we are mourning for, are people we don't even know of. It is close to impossible for us to understand the pain and anguish that they are going through, and we're better off not trying to.

Yet there are many who claim to feel for these people. I can't say i do. For to do so would be close to lying. I look at the pain they go through, I understand it. But I do not feel it as something tangible and clear. Rather, it's like a distant alarm. Resounding just inches from the edge of my senses. Clear enough to be heard yet to dull to send tingles down my spine.

Tonnes of people around here are claiming sadness, but i look around and wonder how many of them are being honest. If you can still enjoy yourself while others are in misery, I wouldn't call that respecting and feeling for the dead. Or perhaps they do so to show that they're human. Are you doing it for that reason? Look deep down and think. Why do you show concern? Is your concern something real, or are you just making a show of it? Trying to establish yourself to your friends as a human being. Trying to show to everyone you care. Trying to become the kind generous person that everyone will love. In other words, being selfish.

Well, i judge from what i see, but what i see is not everything. So to all those who may take offense from these words, I'm sorry. Just had to put out my two cents worth, and hopefully make you think. As for those of you who truly care for the victims of the tsunami attack, do take light in the fact that those whom have died, may have found themselves at peace somewhere out there. Leading towards a better life on the other side. So cheer up. Life moves on, there's still much ahead awaiting us. Look on to what's coming, lest it catches us by surprise.