I want to believe that people are basically good.

But some days it's fucking hard.

Don't ever stop even though your heart is breaking
Don't look over your shoulder at the love you left behind
They say life's too short but they're wrong
It's so long
Sometimes the only way to go is to just go on

We go on together. You are not alone.

Do we have a government yet? Y/NVolunteering again was - nice. It was a warm sunny day for winter, and a steady stream of people strolled in - all ages, backgrounds, walks of life - did their business and strolled back out. Peaceful democracy in action. I am grateful to live somewhere where voting is as simple and ordinary as going to the bank - it ( Read more... )

Has it really been a full year since the last time I posted one of these?

( 2015 in review )

In the end
The love you take
Is equal to
The love you make

- The Beatles

This wasn't the post I was expecting to make today. But making it has certainly made my day.

Malcolm Turnbull topples Tony Abbott in Liberal leadership ballot

\O/

I cannot believe we're farewelling another year. I feel like it's the night before going on holiday, when you're rushing through a billion things still to do.

( 2014 in review )

The Summer Day ( Read more... )

Time for the end of year meme.

( 2013 in review )

High Court verdict a turning point in same-sex marriage debate

The pair exchanged vows and said their "love and ordinariness" were what Australians needed to see.

"I think a week of love stories - even if it's only a week - will make a difference to some kid out there."

Same-sex marriage laws overturned by High Court

The judges found the ACT ( Read more... )

Couples celebrate Australia's first same-sex weddings

If they take it away again someday
this beautiful thing won't change

- Vienna Teng, "City Hall"