In a recent blog post She had this to say about keeping focused on her struggle:
“As I started to imagine what it might be like if there is a positive outcome and forest protection delivered soon…. This got me to imagining what it would be like to get down out of the tree! What would it be like to put my feet on the ground again? I started to imagine the things I might do (have a long hot bath) , the people I might see (my Mum), the places I might go! Prehaps not a good idea… I think my sanity relies on taking every day as it is up here. Not thinking about the future, not imagining all the things I might do when I get back to the ground. Just accepting each day for what it is. Because I don’t know how long it will be till I get down. I can’t make any plans for the future. It seems strange to look into the future and see so much uncertainty… it could be soon, but what if there is no outcome that results in forest protection? What then? In this way I am connected to the forests even more than ever, because like me the forests must wait in a time of uncertainty. The wedge tail eagles, the Tasmanian devils, the spot tail quolls, they must all wait while their futures are decided. Will they be safe and secure for the future? Will the baby devil here have babies growing up in the same den that it was born in? Or will its den be lost forever? I wait and the forest waits.”
Go to Miranda’s blog and offer her support – The Observer Tree.
Her story can also be found in our magazine, Activism Today, available if you sign up for our newsletter.
