Wednesday, December 22, 2010

trying on fragility this Christmas

My colleague, Andy Calder, hosted the brilliant Lorna Hallahan in Melbourne a while ago. (She has a wonderful essay 'On Being Odd' in the recently released Best Australian Essays 2010. I can't recommend it enough.) On the day she was with us she spoke a sentence I've been thinking about ever since:

"our obsession with perfection has inoculated us to the fragility of humanity."

I am grateful to have that sentence to sit with this Christmas.

I am also grateful that yesterday Cheryl reminded me of Tim Minchin's song "White Wine in the Sun".  I listened to it three times in a row.

And most of all, I am grateful to be heading for Adelaide tomorrow to spend time with my beautiful family. I want to remember to be thankful for them more often.

1 comment:

  1. Thank you for introducing me to to that gorgeous song Sarah. I too, look forward to Christmas and celebrating with new rituals and old traditions. It is a time to celebrate so much, and the be grateful for even more. Even though I may whinge about that mob, I know I am lucky to have learnt so much from them... Now I'm off for a white wine in the sun. x

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