The recent bushfires here in Australia have had a profound effect on me.
The carnage has opened many doors in my head that have been closed for years. Doors that took a long time to close in the first place, and much self control to keep that way, for many reasons.
It’s something I rarely speak about at all, let alone publicly, and yet I put it on my blog?
Go figure!
The past week has seen me not sleeping well, quite restless and very emotional.
The loss of life, human and wildlife, property and just the sheer magnitude of the event have all conspired to make me feel like I’m some sort of unhinged basket case.
I sit here watching the TV with slient tears running down my cheeks, trying to make sense of why.
It’s almost too much to take in if that makes sense?
People have died, others have lost everything they own and are having to rebuild lives they’ve already spent the best part of a life time on, having to start again with literally nothing but the clothes on their backs.
So much to take in and process.
So damned hard to comprehend.
There have been some amazing stories come from this event. Tales of survival, others of heroic deeds, people helping others while their own homes burn. There are dozens of them all over the news.
As to our fire fighters, paid and volunteer, well, they just defy description.
True heroes in a world where the word hero is bandied about as if it’s some sort of trophy.
It’s people such as these that word hero was made for.
So…
As those of you who have Gmail would know, in the bar above your inbox, there is a rotating news line. It shows you sponsored links to stories all over the world. I rarely click these links, more because I have just about every news service available coming into my reader, however…
While checking my email last night, I saw this link and it took my eye because it was about the bushfires.
Within this article there is a video link which I’ve posted here for you.


I know there are probably more moving articles, or even videos, that relate to people as opposed to animals, but I’m a bit of an animal lover, and many people don’t think about the poor creatures killed or left behind in agony, to die a long, painful death. People are blogging about the human toll all over the net, so me, being me, thought I would be different.
This is a wonderful feel good story and video.
It made me smile, and also made me realise that from every natural disaster, there always comes hope, be it big or small, and that’s a good thing.
For without hope, we are lost, surely?

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