Hitting Closer To Home

10. February 2009, 10:23 amUncategorizedlightening

We got the dreaded email this morning.

Somebody we know was killed in the bushfires.

Why is it that when we’re personally involved, everything seems so much worse?

Like when the figures were just a number, they were tragic…. yet distant.

Now we have names and faces and someone to grieve, the tragedy rises a notch.

The figures don’t change. The tragedy remains the same. And yet it touches you in a new and heavier way.

It becomes PERSONAL.

I mean, I don’t get it. EVERY life that has been lost MATTERS. Whether I personally knew them or not.

And as it happens, this family that we “know” is actually someone Farmboy knows (not me personally). And yet, it somehow reaches to a deeper recess of my heart than before.

The human psyche is interesting. And complicated.

Australia is not a big place. I think over time everybody will know somebody affected. Or know somebody who knows somebody. A tragedy of this magnitude will leave it’s scars for a long time to come.

But we will go on. We will learn and we will fight. Our human spirit will allow no less.

If you haven’t had a chance to contribute to the relief funding being collected, you can find more details on how to do so here.

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6 comments:

  1. Lisa B, 10. February 2009, 13:46

    Sorry for your loss, I think there has been some bad news from one of the Blogs I read too.

    I remember Ash Wednesday, as I lived not too far and saw the glow in the sky.

    Prayers to everyone that requires them.

     
  2. jeanie, 10. February 2009, 17:21

    I am so sorry for everyone who has lost people in this tragedy, Lightening.

     
  3. Cat, 11. February 2009, 0:04

    My thoughts are with you and FB and everyone else affected xoxo

     
  4. Sharon, 11. February 2009, 15:27

    It makes it personal doesn’t it…

    I don’t think knowing or not knowing the people makes it any less tragic, but when you know them you go from being an empathetic bystander to being part of the tragedy.

    Let’s pray that the weekend doesn’t bring more loss.

     
  5. Ribbon, 12. February 2009, 0:12

    Take care & best wishes

     
  6. Kez, 13. February 2009, 21:23

    {{HUGS}}

     

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