Today is Memorial day, the holiday which we pay respect to men and women who serve and die for this country. It was nice sunny day, so I decided to take my family to visited the cemetery near my house which usually we take a walk with our dog. The memorial service was started 1:30 PM, but instead of attending the service , just we were sitting far and observing people and hearing the band and speeches.
While I was walking around I noticed the Japanese-American section who fought during WWII. Then I saw an older lady approached to one grave with her family and putting flowers and played together. Even though I know the history what happened to Japanese-American during the WAR, but by seeing this old lady and family at the grave yard, it made me realized the reality of WAR, tragic yet somehow heroic part of human being. She was about my mothers age, she seem has difficulty of walk, but she was smiling all the time and looked appreciative...
My father, in the other hand, was captured by Soviet Union and was sent to somewhere in Siberia as POW for three years right after WWII end. He never had talked about how it was like to me or anyone in my family, except he said all his life after that was bonus. He passed away peacefully in the middle of spring two years ago. It would be different for his family if he died in Siberia, and of course, I could not been born in this life...
Nice comments of a delicate matter.
ReplyDeleteWar has allways a winner and a loser.
If we follow the principles of Ki we should do our best to avoid a fight, extend ki with a big heart and all human races are able to live in peace.
The more you appreciate life in all its forms the more you will emjoy it.
Even normaly uncomfortable situations may teach us a lot. Injuries happen once in a while. Thats the right moment to reflect about it and correct our actions.