All help isn’t equal, as Eamon Fitzgerald reminds us:
“A tidal wave of compassion is bearing down on Sri Lanka. A guy on the radio is saying that his travel company will fly people from Ireland to the Indian Ocean island to help the victims of the tsunami. You pony up 850 euros for the flight and he’ll take care of the accommodation. Skills required? None. The hungry have to be fed, the homeless housed and the grieving counselled. So what if you don’t understand the dialect or can’t put a splint on a broken leg? Love conquers all. Right?”
He goes on to demonstrate the essence of wisdom by relating someone else’s pertinant anecdote.
