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An Obvious Enigma
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on this day one year ago i turned on the tv to a 24hr news channel, and wondered what it was that i was seeing.
as i began to realise what it was that i was watching, tears started streaming down my face. a sense of helplessness and uselessness overcame me.
i was watching a disaster happening in real time, virtually in front of my eyes, and there was absolutely nothing i could do.
i started to worry, almost panic, about the safety of some of my friends. worst, i knew that it would be pointless to try to contact them to check on their situation and safety.
i experienced a sense of despair as deep as i have ever felt.
as days passed, the sense of worry could dissipate as i was able to contact friends, or they contacted me. all of them and their friends and families were ok, had survived. we were lucky. but the sense of despair remained, and still does.
to everyone from japan, or affected by the tsunami and it after-effects, today my thoughts are especially with you.
believe it or not, here in australia there is still a very high awareness of the ongoing situation. the two countries have been integral to each other's development over the last 50 years, and have become great friends. (sure, there are a couple of institutional differences, but friends without difference are friends without honesty.)
on a personal level, since a very very early age i have been deeply influenced by japanese philosophy and culture, and have some deep and lasting friendships with people in or from japan : so in a year of many disastrous and horrific events this one hit me hardest.
i will be observing a minute of silence to honour and remember those taken.
as i began to realise what it was that i was watching, tears started streaming down my face. a sense of helplessness and uselessness overcame me.
i was watching a disaster happening in real time, virtually in front of my eyes, and there was absolutely nothing i could do.
i started to worry, almost panic, about the safety of some of my friends. worst, i knew that it would be pointless to try to contact them to check on their situation and safety.
i experienced a sense of despair as deep as i have ever felt.
as days passed, the sense of worry could dissipate as i was able to contact friends, or they contacted me. all of them and their friends and families were ok, had survived. we were lucky. but the sense of despair remained, and still does.
to everyone from japan, or affected by the tsunami and it after-effects, today my thoughts are especially with you.
believe it or not, here in australia there is still a very high awareness of the ongoing situation. the two countries have been integral to each other's development over the last 50 years, and have become great friends. (sure, there are a couple of institutional differences, but friends without difference are friends without honesty.)
on a personal level, since a very very early age i have been deeply influenced by japanese philosophy and culture, and have some deep and lasting friendships with people in or from japan : so in a year of many disastrous and horrific events this one hit me hardest.
i will be observing a minute of silence to honour and remember those taken.
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