natural blessings This week we all discovered one more natural disaster to scare the living crap out of all of us earth residents. We already had hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, landslides, droughts, floods, ultraviolet rays, and the Blue Man Group. Now we have tsunamis to fear. Which gets me to wondering: why is it that we have so many "natural disasters" and no opposite, positive, natural things? Yes, I know there are some pretty cool natural wonders, like rainbows, sunsets, eclipses, supernovas, and Jessica Simpson. And I agree, these are pretty cool. However, while they are cool to look at, they will not give you big muscles, regrow hair, or help you buy a new pickup truck. No, these natural effects are the opposite of something like a garbage dump or a pile of elephant dung, but not a natural disaster.

So I propose that we should get some other sort of natural phenomenon, something that grants favors or riches to thousands of people all at once. Now wouldn't that be cool? We'll call it a "natural blessing." Compare it to the kind of horror we feel when we turn on Fox News and see that an earthquake has killed 20,000 people or a tsunami has killed 60,000 or more. Only this time we turn on the TV and feel an opposite, but not quite equal, amount of joy when we see that a "natural blessing" has granted free dry cleaning for life to 50,000 lucky residents of Tennessee. Now that would be cool.
  ¶ monger187 wrote this on 12/29/2004