...about where he kneels down and prays...

My heart goes out to the victims and survivors of last weekend's Victorian bushfires.

The disaster was more extreme, and obviously more lethal, than The Ash Wednesday fires incident that occurred in 1983. The spread, and the amount of post-incident damages it leaves behind, can even be compared to the Black Friday bushfires that happened in Victoria in 1939.

So far, one hundred and seven people have been confirmed dead. Thousands of houses and other buildings have perished. The bushfires have burned down large areas of forests and destroyed vegetations. Now people are left homeless, loveless, and with nowhere to go.

The people of Victoria are mourning right now, as we speak.
This is sad, and terribly devastating.

It's ironic, how here in Jakarta we have abundant rainfall, even awfully so that town areas are flooded everytime it rains, while below us, some 3,000 miles down south, people are dying because of bushfires triggered by heat and arid weather conditions.

If only some of the rainfall could've showered down in Victoria to help put off the flames....
*shakes head*

I hope you guys can spare some time to click on the links I've provided above and read the articles.
Reach out. Feel their pain. Understand their losses.

May the ones who perished in the fire rest in peace.
And may those who are affected, and left, stay strong and positive.

*sighs*


...This is exactly why we should not try to piss off Mother Nature any further, people.
We should never take nature for granted. Never. Because once it goes against us, things are just gonna get ugly. Like this.

We don't own the planet. We have no right to decide what the planet's gonna do, how it's gonna grow, and where it's gonna go.
Humans are selfish by nature. We think we rule everything we divide, and we own everything we conquer.

Well, do we, now?

Sometimes we are too smart and hard-headed for our own good to realize that we are NOT as omnipotent, omniscient, and all-powerful like we often think we are. We'd like to believe that the elements of nature fall under our reign, and that we always have full and often reckless access to whatever resources available to us.
It takes extreme disasters like this one to remind us that in reality, the reverse prevails. Sadly.

If the Earth dies, we die; if we die, the Earth survives. Just like what Keanu Reeves says in "The Day The Earth Stood Still". And he actually makes a valid point by saying that.
What would we be, where would we go, if the planet goes against us?

We like to learn our lessons the hard way. We've made this point clear over the course of human history. But stories keep repeating, they always do.

Maybe this is Nature's way of telling us that after all these years, it still reigns supreme above all forms of life. And that we as humans, the keepers and caretakers of Nature, should abandon our reckless habits and return to taking care of this planet just like we're supposed to.

So, once again, I pray for the victims and survivors of the Victorian bushfires.
May you all find comfort and be safe.

I believe that everything happens for a reason. Likewise, there's a reason behind all this.
Something good is coming your way. Soon.
I believe that.

Blessed be.

*kneels down and prays*