I think we all kind of take for granted what we have every day. We'd all be better off pouring that time and energy that we spend worrying about useless things into trying to help other people.
It hit me the other day when I was at work and I had a phone conversation with my sister in Philly. We were talking about the hurricane disaster. She said, "So, if the whole place is flooded, what about the alligators? And the snakes and the bugs? Are they just swimming around now?"
And I said, "Hmm...didn't think of that. Probably."
"And what about all the cemeteries? They're probably all under water now too, right?"
"Er...yeah. Likely."
And we got to talking about just how horrible it had to be to have a developed area be not only destroyed, but under-freaking-water. The Florida coast, the NC coast, all those hurricane-hit areas get devastated, but they can pick up and rebuild. Can't likely do that when your land is under 30 feet of water.
