Haiti

I have never been so saddened by anything in my lifetime.
The count of dead bodies as a result from the natural disaster in Haiti has surpassed 200,000!
Let me repeat myself, a single earthquake and numerous after shocks has left over two-hundred thousand (and counting) humans dead within the region of one major city.

3 Million people do not have access to food or water.
300,000 people have been left homeless.
Tens of thousands of children are now orphans, and even more parents are childless.
Tens of thousands of people need urgent medical care or they will die from injury or infection. 
The streets of the city resemble fear and anarchy.
The country's government has been destroyed.

Haitians racing to a medical supply helicopter. 

Negligence: failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstance.

Lets look past Haiti for a moment, are there not numerous national or world-wide events that we choose to neglect on a personal level? I suppose that I am using Haiti as a jumping off point because it is the most recent and urgent. Regardless, there has to be something that hits close to home to spark some morality beyond our everyday nonsense we involve ourselves with (like this blog).

I do not post this to hassle you, my friends and family. I post because I know that encouragement and hope is something that we are capable of giving. So I encourage you and myself to find something you care about, and take steps toward doing the right thing.

http://www.redcross.org/

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/01/haiti_six_days_later.html

(caution! some photographs contain severely graphic content)