We Didn’t Start the Fire

It’s impossible to exist in Australia at the moment and not have our minds turned to the awful fires.  Brisbane, where I am, is basically unaffected, but we’re unable to avoid the news, and hearts are breaking.

In other thoughts, I recently heard the title 1989 Billy Joel song. It is a list of all the crazy newsworthy stuff from before then, that the Billy Joel aged people (ok Boomer?) observed happened before their time.  The song tries to promise a better future.  “We didn’t light it, but we tried to fight it”. 

Humans tend to strive to be better.