On the Edge

An earthquake causing a number of deaths in Indonesia was felt in some parts of Singapore yesterday. Some schools even closed for the day in view of safety concerns. Yet our small island escaped any real damage yet again. How fortunate we are, and how easy it is to take that good fortune for granted. I've lived an extraordinarily privileged life, yet it takes a lot to make me remember that. Like an earthquake. To see things as they are (for me) would be to look out from a face on the edge of a banquet.