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Gifts from the quake
Posted October 30th, 2011 by administratorTaken from The Press, Christchurch's largest newspaper
While the Canterbury and Christchurch quakes have robbed the region of many things, some of our citizens are grateful for small things they have gained from the experience.
Some of the added benefits of our new normality have been expressed in online forums. Here is a small selection of things people have gained:
- a new tolerance for people
- a renewed faith in humanity
- a rekindled love for New Zealand
- a strengthened sense of community and friendship with neighbours
- a magnified sense that family is more important than anything else
- an awareness that we have to make the most of every day
- patience
- an excuse not to wash the car (water shortage)
- a kick-start to improve health and wellbeing
- a renewed, deep respect for those who worked day and night to help us all - the nurses, doctors, farmers, drain workers, shop workers, army, police, civil defense, mums, dads, rescue teams and rescue dogs, electricity and telephone workers.