While we are all experiencing the tragedy that occured in the Indian Ocean, while we all weep for the losses, while we all wonder what we can do to help, while we flinch at the horrific pictures and are disturbed by the monumental losses, let's not forget the ongoing tragedies that the world faces every day. These include, but are certainly not limited to; war, poverty, hunger, ignorance, violence, child abuse, racism, homophobia, hatred and intolerance.

The tsunami's victims can be counted in bodies that can be seen at once, the pain on the faces of the survivors and the path of destruction left behind. Victims of the more subtle tragedies above suffer and die in numbers that, it appears, we have become calloused towards. If the bodies of those who have died from suffering from the less recognized tragedies were counted it would be staggering.

This is not meant to dismiss in any way the havoc wreaked upon those who experienced the tsunami, rather, just to remind us all that tragedy occurs daily, in all of our lives, in many ways, and we need to address them just as vehemently.

Peace.