And here we are

Welcome to the first posting from Ashhurst Dot Org.

Ashhurst and Pohangina - a small part of the place we know as "Gods own" . . or is that "Gods Zone" . . but I sometimes wonder - do we if we truely appreciate what we have here ?

We aren't at war, we don't have ethnic or religious tension, we have freedoms to do so many things that other parts of this world have censured. We have a temperate climate, mostly see few of the extremes of weather that some do, are mostly green (except for now), are mostly clean (although sometimes I am not so sure anymore), we are nuke free (for now), we are a democracy that works (mostly), have good relations with our international friends (except Fiji).

And yet we as humans by default seem to find something to complain about. We don't like this, we don't like that, we need this, we want that.

We don't want our rivers damed, and we don't want wind turbines in our back yard - but we want more electricity. For what it's worth, I don't think we should dam any more rivers either . . . let's keep the few remaining natural areas we have - just the way they are . . . perfect !

And in this time of financial crisis, life for everybody got just a little (or a lot) harder for everyone. Let's appreciate what we have -as individuals, and remember those who have/may lose everything . . . and do we really know where it's going to end ? I don't . .

But enough rambling. Keep the faith !

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