Ten years ago today one of the coolest, most vibrant and beautiful regions of the world I have ever had the pleasure to visit was absolutely devastated by a Tsunami of incredible proportions. I saw those horrific images live on TV and was just completely lost for words. I guess you could say a derranged form of voyerism glued me to the screen as I watched entire comunities get swept away, villages and towns flatened and hundreds of thousands of people die - live - right there on my TV screen. Just like the vivid autrocities of 9/11 - that also had me transfixed ot my TV - those striking images from Boxing Day 2004 will forever be burned into my mind and continue to be the first thing I think of every time I wake up on December 26th. Ive visited areas of Thailand directly that were completely destroyed and have expereienced first hand the resolution of these incredibly brave and resiliant people - who somehow picked themselves up and just got on with rebuilding their lives and their communities. Truly inspiring. Im never one to preach or get sentimental but I think today on the 10th anniversary of the worst natural disaster I have witenessed in my life time..... maybe as we stand in front of our fridges loading our cake holes with handfulls of leftover turkey and cheese it would be worth taking a moment to reflect and think of not only those who were lost but those who lived having lost everything.
Posted on: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 10:51:29 +0000