As I watched the devastating Victorian bushfiresthat burned countless homes and killed too many people last February,it reminded me that we cannot ignore the possibility of bad things happening.I arrived at Melbourne airport that Saturday afternoonas the temperature hit 46 degreesand spent the rest of my stay stunned by the disaster that unfurled before us.The stories of those survivors showed unshakeable inner strength--something we all need if we are to overcome setbacks and forge our own path to success.Our Governor General Ms Quentin Bryce,in a speech she gave at the end of last year to the Kings School in Sydney,urged the boys to "understand who you are."She went on to tell them that "we need to know who we are so we can show others who we are.We need to belong to ourselves so we can belong among others.We need our own proof that we have what it takes to do what matters to us."Knowing who we are and being confident eough to do what matters to us--that's what counts.One of the things that give me the greatest satisfaction at present ismy efforts to regenerate some of the beautiful rainforest around Mt Wilson in NSW.
