Reflections
The water supply to my neighbourhood was cut off unexpectedly last night. This unplanned event had several of my neighbours talking to each other. Not that they do not in otherwise normal circumstances. There was a Sydney Water website live update on this supply interruption, but it was more fulfiling with chat amongst the neighbours.
Have you ever written a letter to your Prime Minister?
When was the most recent time you gathered with family or friends just to talk of happy things?
Do you have a chill out from screen time regularly to admire Nature, smell the roses or dabble in some artistic pursuit?
Does it really matter if you did not know about significant happening in news from the media?
How did you stay in touch with your mates before apps like Facebook?
When was the last time you walked with your pet to the beach?
What is the most impressionable thing that gives a glow in your heart, despite the clutter and rush of contemporary routine?
How was your walk doing nothing today, and yet who or what did you come across?
Did you just do something, big or small, that you normally would not, with positive vibes for yourself or others?
For once, do you consciously recognise the ability of your own body and mind to self heal?
Can you reflect and choose one thing, habit or act, that commercial society expects of you, but which you and family do not need?
Have you got into touch with a long lost friend or family member still deep in your heart but somehow not been communicating with?
Have you allowed yourself to fly, not literally, but with your own possibilities?
Do you occasionally ask yourself, "Why Not", and proceed at times with your gut feel?
Other people may offer a sympathetic and listening ear, but in the end, it is only you, and you alone, who can liberate yourself.
My house water supply was restored this morning. For a fleeting moment, I realised how I had long taken for granted the gush of still clean water from the turn of a tap - and how rare such a cut off in residential water supply occurs in suburban Australia.
To close, I have one more question for you ........
Is it more upsetting to have your wifi connections cut off for a longer time than you had to do without water or electricity supply?
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