(((((Mercury))))) Thank you very much for being here with us. You are one of the bigger gold medals. Your message gave me one of the lessons that I will try to learn in 2009. I think I am ready to learn it.
A little story that happened in August. All people in my camp in Chengdu were seriously injured, not seriously enough to stay in a hospital, but seriously enough to go to hospital several days a week for examination and recovery. I did not receive a whole training because I arrived one day on delay, but I had a briefing. Many statements in one hour or so that I had to think about and digest myself. I remember all, but right now, I want to post two of them. I was told. You are not a boss to tell people what to do, nobody gave you such authority. You are not a nurse, you have not skills. You are not a mother, they are wise adults who can decide by themselves. And other thoughts like that. And finally I was told you are just a human being who came here to help other fellow human beings who are exactly as you are, many would do the same if cirsumstances would reverse. The only difference between you and them is that your body is complete. Those who lost one or two legs just need your legs, those who lost one or two arms just need your arms. And all your compassion. And the second thought. Who deserves more compassion a girl with two legs or a girl who lost one leg? Who deserves more compassion a man with two arms or a man with one arm? Among them, who is more human being and who is less human being? Conclusion. You have to pay more attention to some people than to others because some need more help than others, your cold mind has to ponder. But all of us deserve all your compassion, there is not a first class and a second class in humanity. They learned while I did. Spontaneously, they built their gangs up for mutual help and we became just aditional members of their gangs. They helped me a lot to understand that briefing. That briefing was one of the three lessons that I tried to learn in 2008. Now, I think that I am ready to learn your thought along this year "We all have our faults, some more so than others, But non the-less we all do." I bet it will be one of the two or three lessons that I have to learn this year. Thank you very much for everything. (((((Mercury))))) Peace and best wishes. Xi On Jan 12, 1:06 am, "Mercury.Sailor" <[email protected]> wrote: > One big dysfunctional family where "some" think in thier own twisted > minds that they are better than others. It is a pet-peeve of mine. > > One thing any parent with a disabled child will tell you....We all > have learned one of life's most valuable lessons. We all have our > faults, some more so than others, But non the-less we all do. > > To get a group together and gang up on one person because we dislike > that persons faults, Is sick, mean and far from what I believe in. > This is why our world is the way it is today because of that bully > mentality! I will have no part in it, ever. > > On Jan 11, 5:44 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Yes. I will try to learn it from him. He combined perfectly both > > feelings, I love it too, "our big family". Thank you for your remark. > > > Peace and best wishes. > > > Xi > > > On Jan 11, 11:32 pm, "Mercury.Sailor" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I love this quote of Jet Li. > > > > "Im a citizen of the world, But I am made in China" > > > > Its true we are citizens of the world. > > > > Thank you for posting this!! > > > > On Jan 11, 10:22 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > In the clip about the 2008 gold medals I included a new hero for me, > > > > Jet Li. > > > > > Not just because his philanthropy, but because his concept of harmony > > > > and integration with all agents that intervene. As prof. Yunus, Li has > > > > developed a new model of interaction for disaster relief. The Jet Li > > > > One Foundation was and is a key player in Sichuan relief combined with > > > > the Chinese Red Cross and the United Nations agencies. > > > > > Almost 5 millions of volunteers in Sichuan. Although minor mistakes > > > > were committed, one of the main knowledge that we have to preserve for > > > > future situations is its organization, resources came just in time, > > > > teams did not interfere each to other, few details were forgotten, > > > > etc. Not easy to reach such goal when they just had few days to > > > > organize everything. Honest spirit of cooperation with central and > > > > local governments, with suppliers and with people was probably the key > > > > to reach it. > > > > > And even in the most desperate situations, "respect the wish of the > > > > victims" was the goal. Sort of bottom up, even in disasters. > > > > > Li Lianjie, known as Jet Li in the West, is the kung-fu emperor; one > > > > of the most popular Chinese movie stars in the world. But more > > > > recently, he meets the public as a philanthropist. As the founder of > > > > One Foundation. > > > > > Part 1:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojogZY4_tRk > > > > > Part 2:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEz7GaIlSy8 > > > > > Part 3:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6V8RQ5k-lI > > > > > Part 4:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eWe8tQHDVA > > > > > Peace and best wishes. > > > > > Xi- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World-thread" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/world-thread?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
