Thank God, I am not a flood victim!

It is raining cats and dogs outside my house in the small town of Taiping in Malaysia. I can afford to whistle a tune while sitting in front of my computer. I can even afford to sing out “Rain drops keep falling on my head”. It is not that I am insensitive to the plight of the people affected by the floods. It is just that I just want to say how lucky I am to be able to do the things that I want to do. I very well know that the rain is not going to bring about devastation to me or to the people in Taiping, in the form of destructive floods. Anyway the government is there to bring quick relief to the flood victims.

It is the same case with most parts of Malaysia. Floods do occur almost recurrently at certain places and people do suffer but the damage and desolation cannot be compared with that which occurs in other countries like India, Pakistan, Bangladesh or China. Whole villages are washed ashore, hundreds of people killed and thousands made homeless. Of all the nations in the world, Bangladesh and China are two countries where floods occur frequently and with devastating effects, with thousands being killed. 

Other countries do have their destructive floods; only less frequently. Just as I am writing this, floods, catastrophical in nature, are occurring in Pakistan and China causing untold hardships and difficulties to both animals and human beings. Tragedy indeed, for these God's creations. 

We are actually very fortunate that there is no massive natural catastrophe here. We should be thankful to the God in the heaven for the relatively safe life that we enjoy today in Malaysia. We can show our gratitude to God by donating to the natural disaster relief funds established in the country. Often we can see donation boxes placed at the counters of post offices and banks. Those are placed there for us to do our part. Let us do it!