Love Thy Neighbour?

So. My second blog post ever. It’s the last day of January 2011 and only 12 sleeps until I turn 40 – so how is life shaping up? Its a Monday night and Im watching Home and Away as I type and wondering ‘did Alf do it?’ Riveting stuff hey.  Oh oh and not to forget that Brothers and Sisters season starts tonight so I have just set Tivo up with a season pass. All very mundane things. Yet there are a lot of people who are probably craving for the mundane things of life given what they have recently been through. In the wake of the recent floods in Queensland I had the experience to work with volunteers who came to my city to help people in the days following the flood peak.  The old and the young, the able and not so able – everyone wanted to help out in some small or big way. People wanted to clean up, wash up, and cook up (i swear i have never seen so many baked goods!). There has been a lot of sadness and tears thinking about people I know personally and others that I have come to know through the media who have lost everything including loved ones.  For us that didn’t lose everything life has gone on. For others an exhausting task of rebuilding their life has begun. The community spirit has been bubbling away since the floods and I really hope we can harness that and keep it going for as long as possible. Ive heard people say they never knew their neighbours before the floods – now they know them so well and will probably be lifelong friends having shared this almighty experience. So heres to you Mr, Mrs, Ms Neighbour all over the city....here’s to a lot of cracking good street parties happening this year that go on to be a yearly tradition!! Speaking of parties..... I'll be back soon to talk about a certain 40th celebration coming up.