Electricity

There was a recent snow storm that went through the tri-state area the other day. My Facebook news feed was full of mobile status updates talking about the fact that there was no electricity.

Let me tell you about the electricity in Haiti!

For those of you who don't know, the electricity in Haiti is such that we get power...well, no one really knows when we will get it. When we do, we don't know how long it will last. Sometimes it will be on for five minutes sometimes it will last for 5 hours. When we don't have it we light candles and pray that it comes back in a timely manner. It could be an entire day before we can charge our cellphones and surf the web.  Life is hard when you don't have electricity; no internet, no water pressure, no fans.


There's something that I've realized; when there isn't any electricity there are less things that can distract and more time to think. So when you have a blackout just sit in the dark and think (of Haiti, perhaps).

You might find it quite peaceful. Before you know it, you'll have power once again.