{"id":3775,"date":"2025-05-28T11:02:23","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T01:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.melbasupport.com.au\/?p=3775"},"modified":"2025-05-28T11:02:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T01:02:28","slug":"yarning-with-tim-national-reconciliation-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.melbasupport.com.au\/yarning-with-tim-national-reconciliation-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Yarning with Tim: National Reconciliation Week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><\/p>\n\n\n    <div class=\"block--custom-layout block_f76c2cce5fb53530c7ed4e498ae88598 custom-wysiwyg blog-wysiwyg\" >\r\n        \r\n        <p>National Reconciliation Week is a time for all of us to reflect on Australia, reflect on our history and ask ourselves, \u2018what can we do to continue to support each other?\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Taking a moment to place ourselves in someone else\u2019s shoes, listening and reflecting could expose us to a new world that may be very far from what you currently know or have experienced.<\/p>\n<p>Consider the feelings that come with wearing someone else\u2019s shoes, the mountains and valleys that have been walked, the battles that have been fought, won or lost, the understandings found, the disappointments and achievements felt, the people that have been lost and gained, the scars that have been received and the scars that have been passed on, the resilience and endurance needed to continue walking in and wearing those shoes.<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on one\u2019s past and history at large is an opportunity for us to understand the path that was taken to get to the present. 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