Perspective

Perspective - how we see things. At the moment the media is in a frenzy over the behaviour of the Australian Cricket Team. What they did was wrong and there should be repurcussions. But I'm over the constant coverage and the keyboard warriors who think they can throw stones from behind a newspaper article or computer screens.  However what really irks me is that this controversy pales into insignificance compared to the many injustices we see around the would that seem to be forgotten and are actually affecting the lives of so many people not just a privileged few.

There are millions of people whose lives are at risk from war, famine and natural disaster. There are women and children suffering because of our inaction. There are people kept in appalling situations by governments, including our own, in immigration detention, and people living in poverty and homelessness. These get scant coverage by the media and are often dismissed by the community in general.

I like my sport. Those that know me know I love watching many forms of it. However, the more I see well paid sporting individuals behaving badly; the more I hear of the incredible sums they are paid to compete, both here and overseas, the more I realise that as a society we have our focus completely wrong. Deal with the situation, move on and let's focus on what really matters.

Stand up for those who cannot stand up for themselves. Work to right wrongs, use our time and energy to create a world that gives justice to the oppressed and sees those wrongfully imprisoned set free. Together we can make a difference of we focus on what really matters.