After giving money, caring till it hurts, going into compassion fatigue and suffering mourning sickness, I was hit one more time by the unutterable misery of the world.
The good news piece on a commercial TV channel tonight, was of a juvenile elephant that had lost a leg in an accident (skiing or bike riding, I’m not sure, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4193798.stm for detail) and getting a prosthetic limb.
Being a little overcome with the goings on in the world right now, I found myself succumbing to the emotion of the situation. I wept.
I mean, they're spending all this money and effort on an elephant's false leg. Some poor family in country Victoria is going without an umbrella-stand right now.
Or, are they?
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