I decided to use Soooz’s prompt word for me today – Survival. 

There has been so much happening in the world lately.  Floods in Queensland, earthquake in Christchurch and a tsunami in Japan, could Mother Nature be angrier.  Probably.  I hope that she has no more in store for the people of the world.  There has been too much devastation, loss of life and homes. Cities, towns, countries in ruin.

Yet there are people, despite the odds, who have survived and some with their strength intact.  I have a friend in Christchurch who after living through two earthquakes can blog about her experiences with tenacity.  Authors banding together to raise funds for Japan.  These things are heart warming and remind me that we, as humans, do everything we can to survive.  It reminds me I have much to be thankful for and the next time something trivial gets me down that I am lucky.  That there are people out there who have faced much worse than me and can hold their head up and keep moving forward.

Then there are the others who through child abuse, rape, domestic violence and death of loved ones can keep on keeping on (is that cliché – though I am trying to avoid it with the serious subject but I did give my word...) and SURVIVE.

If you would like me to keep being Cliched J then please contact me with your words and I’ll keep on blogging... if I don’t get those prompts... well ... then I won’t ;)