La la la la...not listening!

Please excuse me as I go about playing ostrich for a while and attempt to stick my head in the sand when it comes to current world news.

It's not that I don't care; I do. I care deeply. I can't begin to comprehend what those poor passengers on Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 went through in their final few seconds. I weep along with their families and send prayers into the heavens for them.

My mind just can't fathom as to why this has happened. A plane full of civilians -  families, couples, children, business people, researchers. No one dangerous or a threat to world peace...so why them?

Accusations are flying. One government blames another, rebel troops or terrorists are suspected. Fingers point at the Ukraine and the Russians.

And it's because of all the political finger-pointing that I want to bury my head in the sand. If my Nanna were here she'd be watching all the political stuff play out and see the spiritual significance in everything - ancient  prophesies coming to pass, the heralding of the Second Coming...all the things that used to scare the bejeebus out of me as a kid. And it really did. It was like it was always going to happen any single second now or maybe tomorrow and I was neither prepared nor looking forward to it all as I was supposed to be. I was terrified with a capital TERRIFIED.

A little girl should never have to bear the weight of such things. A little girl should never have to be so afraid...and even now I don't think I ever really got to properly process all those things and put then into an educated perspective. I know this to be true because as I watched the events of 9/11 unfold live on my TV screen in living colour all those years ago I honestly believed I was watching the beginning of the end. There's also something about today that awakens those same terrified responses of that same little girl. The naming of the political suspects is relevant to things I heard and read as a child.

So tonight I have closed the doors and windows to the world outside. I know this doesn't stop the reality of what is going on out there but it gives a reprieve. We have guests tonight and it's been lovely to just bask in their company and share some warm food and laughter. It reminds us that goodness still exists...and in fact that there are more good people in the world than evil. It's just that sometimes evil makes more noise and demands more attention, making it seem as though it is more prevalent.

Love and light to the victims and families and all those affected by the tragic loss of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17. Know that the hearts of the world are beating along with yours as we share in your grief. May mature heads prevail at this time and that any decisions that are made by the powers that be are ones made in the best interest of all humanity, not simply because they believe that justice must be served.