It really shouldn’t take an earthquake – or a hurricane – for us to stop and take stock of what really matters.

But it seems in our go-go-go microwave society it literally does take an act of God to shove us out of the blur of everyday obligations and make us pause long enough to look around – really look around – and figure out what matters to us.

The question is – did we heed the lesson. And if we did, will it last past Monday?