In a universe governed by Murphy’s Law it’s easy to be cynical. Everything in this world degrades when taken for granted. America’s current situation is a perfect example. This current recession could have been avoided by analyzing the direction of the economy, but instead the nation took the economy for granted and it tanked. Americans wanted one easy solution and then to let things go, but that’s not how the universe works. The universe demands little solutions all the time. The universe demands constant analysis.
Luckily for humanity one great person can undo a whole nations vice. Martin Luther King Jr.’s work undid 200 years of segregation and changed the ideas of a nation. Mandela did the same in South Africa. And for 20 years Suu Kyi has stood up against oppressive military juntas in her native Burma.
Political unrest has been common in Burma for more than 50 years. Suu Kyi’s own father was assassinated. In 1990, she won the general election in Burma and as a result was placed under house arrest, where she has remained off and on for 20 years. During the Saffron revolution of 2007, many monks were killed because of non-violent protests.
Guided by her buddhist’ principles and the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi Suu Kyi has emerged as the face of grace in a chaotic nation. I wish I had more time to research and write about her, but sadly I don’t. Instead, I urge everyone who reads this blog to do some research on her because it’s people like Suu Kyi who keep the world moving forward.
