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April 13, 2003
The weight of your world
I’ve been writing this article all week for the glossy mag about inspirational Western Australians. I’ve been speaking to doctors, Rhodes Scholars, scientists, journalists and jockeys. So very humbling, it tends to put the weight of your own world in perspective. On my birthday, curled up in a ball, full of self-loathing and such, phone rings and it’s a woman returning my call, and I speak to her about how she runs two women’s shelters, and tells me stories of the women she meets, at the very end of hope, and how she brings them back. I wipe my own selfish tears from my face and head out to the pub for birthday drinks.
Words I am overusing in this article — dedicated, tireless, devoted, inspiring, passionate. Those aren’t such bad words to overuse, are they? I should learn to use a few of them myself, occasionally.
Posted by patrick at April 13, 2003 06:31 AM