if only....really IF ONLY our gahmen could be really and sincerely compassionate about the people who voted them, singapore would be a wonderful place where many would be proud to call themselves singaporeans.
if only our gahmen could be like this:
The fear, the anger, the despair, is born on the ground of wrong perception. And we have wrong perceptions concerning ourselves and the other person and that is the foundation of conflict and war and violence.
We should be able to say like this :
Dear friends, dear people,
I know that you suffer a lot
I have not understood enough of your difficulties and suffering. It's not our intention to make you suffer more. It is opposite. So please tell us about your suffering, your difficulties. I'm eager to learn, to understand. It has to start like that, loving speech.
And if you are honest, if you are true, they will open their heart and tell us, and then we practice compassionate, deep listening.
And during the process of deep listening, we can learn so much about our own perception and their perceptions. And that is the best way, the only way, to remover terrorism or difficulties between yourself and family members or friends.
~ Thích Nhất Hạnh