Bare feet on snow

Our central heating boiler gave up the ghost yesterday. No central heating and no hot running water until we get a new one. Hopefully that wont be too long. I might have been tempted to moan a bit more about my lot, were it not for a report on last night's news. It was a followup report from Pakistan on the aftermath of the earthquake. Things are pretty grim. But what struck me was a clip of man climbing up a snow-covered hill in his bare feet. It provided a bit of easily-lost perspective.