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New Year Wish to the distressed poor people of Burma |
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by U. Vamsapala
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Thursday, 18 December 2008 18:28 |
Though it is customary for people of all faithd and colour wishing one another a Happy New Year in the spirit of love and compassion, poor people of Burma deserve a special one. Throughout its history they have been under various rules - absolute monarchy (1000+ years), colonial (over 90+ years), fascists (3 years), and finally gained independence in 1948. Unfortunately, though it became a sovereign state the country had a bad experience all along with tainted democracy, boiling insurgency, damaging socialism, and brutal military rules under different guises (for the last 46 years). The status of the country has also gradually fallen off the cliff from a promising developing nation to a least developed country status. Who deserves more blessing than these poor people?
I wish all the best things on earth that one can imagine - peace, happiness, freedom, prosperity, harmony, to mention a few. People of Burma have been hoping for a good turn since their country became independent, but so far luck has been against them, getting poorer as they keep on hoping. So, it seems they need more than a simple wish for the blessings to come. They surely need a change in their way and deserve it. Change should be at all levels, from the people leading to the common people of the nation. They all need good virtues to deserve blessings. Bad leaders lead the nation to failure, and bad people cause failure into achievements. The wisdom to correct these mistakes and the ills of the nation lies in the hearts and heads of the people themselves, both leadership and common people. Good virtues never come by wishing, it requires action to earn it.
Those taking the leadership role should be visionary, exemplary and selfless, and the common people need to be united and energetic to work for what they want. The current leaders, both the ruling and opposition, have identical aims and claims to make Burma peaceful and prosperous. They should review themselves in the light of wisdom, and find a way to bring about the common goals with deeds that will make the nation deserve the blessings of the New Year wish. If they can do it they will all be heroes or saviours long cherished and remembered by the distressed poor people of Burma. It will be a new era of Burma's history. New year is the time of love, peace and hope.
God bless them all
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