Afterwards, the Hon. Michael Polley, the Speaker of the House of Assembly, presented me with a gift wrapped in shiny gold paper with the Tasmanian Parliamentary seal on top - spiffy!
I opened it on the spot to find a beautiful crystal with a laser-etching of Parliament House. Note the blissfully goofy smile of someone who feels very blessed by this moment.
I can be pretty cynical about Australian politics, but this experience was quite special. I learned some fascinating things (example: Tasmania's Legislative Council is the only one in Australia not dominated by party politics - we have more independents elected to the Council than other States do).
My chosen motif in life has been "my citizenship is in heaven", but I have been blessed by such a sense of joy in the beauty and familiarity of Tasmania in recent years. Wherever God intends to put me in the future, I feel honoured and comforted to be a part of this place. Here and now.
3 comments:
pretty good post for a ... non-blogger
Yes, I enjoyed your non-blogging post too Christina :).
I think the Legislative Council is lovely. I want to visit again some time. I enjoyed working with Don Wing on an internship there. I did not see much of him, but I enjoyed going to Parliament and having access to the libraries, visiting offices, etc.
So when are you not going to blog about the OT?!!
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