It’s been such a hideous week, let’s turn it around

It feels almost redundant to start this post telling you what an awful week it’s been. There isn’t a person who hasn’t felt it – from the siege in Sydney to the terror in Peshawar and the absolute tragedy of eight children murdered in Cairns, it’s been hideous. Horrifying. Scary even.

I tried to stay in bed but that didn’t work. The world moves on. Staying under the covers doesn’t make anything better for anyone else..

We can’t pretend this stuff isn’t happening – bad things happen when good people do nothing. So yes, we need to be aware – we need to put an end to violence in any way we can, we need to respect the people whose lives are lost in senseless violence and heinous acts of terror. We need to make a difference in any way we can – if through making our voices heard, through donating time or money, if by showing solidarity or putting pressure on government to make humanity part of its manifesto. We need to talk openly about domestic violence and mental health. We need to talk about poverty and terrorism and the disenfranchised and the angry. We need to try and make a difference.

But right now we also need to look at the good. We need to remember that there are more good people then there are bad, we need to focus on the flowers in Martin Place and the #i’llridewithyou hashtag. We need to remember the helpers, the good people, the people that care.

look for the helpers

And if it’s hard to find it in the news right now we need to look at the good stuff that’s happening in our own lives. And I’m going to do just that by looking at all the good things that happened to me this week

    • I went to two beautiful Bar Mitzvahs both with magnificent outlooks

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One at the Museum of Contemporary Art

museum of contemporary art

And one at Bronte Beach

bronte beach

How amazingly lucky am I to live in this city? And to live in a home where even my dog can’t resist the view

henry and the view

 

  • My nephew did amazingly well in his HSC. Not that I am surprised. He is as smart as he is as all round amazing. Any profession that gets him would benefit from his calm, beautiful and compassionate presence.
  • My niece got a new job and she’s going to excel at it. They too are lucky to have her. My sister makes very special children.
  • I received the most beautiful message from one of my eldest friends, one who has seen me at my worst and who still loves me even though she knows all my bad bits. Thanks Gab. Thank you so much.
  • It’s school holidays.
  • I found a meme that sums me up perfectly

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  • I went to the doctor and even though I have a chest infection, a fever and feel all round yugh, he told me to stay in bed. So I DO get to stay in bed but it’s under doctor’s orders. I love my bed and even though it does no good to anybody else there is no place I would rather be right now – so I’m viewing it as a good thing.

What good things happened to you this week?

Comments

  1. Thank you Lana.
    I am crying inside this week, lurching from one horrific event to the next.
    I am so glad your week had some good as well, as did ours.
    End of year celebration at US Embassy with the Ambassadorfor selected staff and family was out high point.
    Take care
    Lorraine.xxx

  2. It had certainly been a horrific week.
    But good points:
    A)
    Due to school lockdown, prize giving was cancelled so I did not need to sit for three hours waiting for my son’s two seconds of fame ie solos singing one line.
    B)Tonight we are going out to dinner to celebrate our 18th wedding anniversary.
    C) school hols!!!!!
    No more uniform washing and no more lunchboxes for 2014.

    Happy hols

  3. Thanks Lana – I wrote with a similar message (focus on the flowers, not the weeds) – I loved your examples of the good things that have happened this week (time in bed, even if it’s due to illness, sounds pretty good!) Hope you get better soon

  4. “Look for the helpers” has been the thing that has helped me to cope with the news lately.
    Good things that have happened to me this week? I cherished my 3 year old so much more. I was less annoyed by his not as awesome moments because I realised how lucky I was.
    I finished the Christmas shopping – phew.
    I lost a little weight!
    We had a little toilet training progress.
    I had a stressful week, but I think I beat my anxiety a lot better than usual. I’m proud of how I dug deep as much as I could.

  5. I agree Lana. Some terrible things happened on both a personal and world level but so many good things too, including an early Christmas brunch with my family and heaps of lovely hugs from my kids. I could have done without the dog eating some of the Christmas presents, but anyways …

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