September 8, 2008

Happy News

If you all still remember, earlier this year during the last ten days of June, I went to visit Timor-Leste and spread the message of discipline, respect, and unity to the local martial artists and young people.

Today I received a letter from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and they told me that since the last time I was there encouraging the young locals and the people who practiced martial arts, two of Timor-Leste’s largest opposing martial arts associations signed a peace agreement and they vowed not to fight or battle with each other anymore.

Jackie in Timor-Leste, June 2008

I honestly felt very happy when I received this piece of news; everything that I’ve done and the influence I have on other people actually had some effect! I was thinking that regardless of the fact that a person practices martial arts, is part of a guerilla army, or is an enemy of the opposition, why can’t we all live together in peace? At the moment there are a lot of people who are working hard for the human race so that we can have better health and better living conditions. Researchers are looking for ways to cure cancer, people who are fighting against global warming and working to protect our environment; they only hope for humans to have a better tomorrow, so why are people still fighting and killing for advantages or benefits? Killing each other cannot alter the increasingly serious gap between the rich and the poor, and it cannot save the escalating pollution or parts of the Earth that are already destroyed. People must understand that if Earth did not have humans, Earth would continue to exist. But if humans did not have Earth, we would not survive. Please put aside your personal grudges and resentments, cast your views on the whole of the world, the entire planet. You will discover that we are all human beings and what we need is to help each other and unite with one another to fight against the unrestrained growth of disease and the increasingly deteriorating environmental pollution. If everyone could work in unity with one heart, love and be close to one another, then where would you find hatred, strife, or war?

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Sept 8 (星期一)

喜讯：

          如果大家还记得的话，今年六月下旬，我访问了东帝汶，呼吁当地学武术的人和年青人要有纪律、要互相尊重和团结。

          今天，我收到联合国儿童基金会的信，告诉我自我在当地鼓励年青人和习武的人后，有两个东帝汶最大的敌对武术团体于上星期签定了和平协议，相方不会再有打斗和斗争。

          我收到这个消息以后，我真的很开心，原来我所做的事情，我的影响力真的是有用的。我在想，无论是习武者，或是游击队，或是敌对的人，为何大家不可以和平共处呢？现在有很多人都在为人类有更好的健康和更好的居住环境而努力，如研究医治癌病的方法、对抗地球暖化、保护环境等等，都是希望人类有更好的明天，为什么竟然还有人为利益去打打杀杀呢？互相残杀是改变不了日益严重的贫富悬殊，救不了日益污染和破坏了的地球，要知道地球没有了我们，它仍然可以生存下去，如果我们没有了地球，我们就不再存在了。请大家放下私人恩怨，放眼整个世界、整个地球，你们会发现大家都是地球人，要的是互相帮助，互相团结去对抗日益猖獗的疾病，日益恶化的环境污染等等，大家同心协力，相亲相爱，那何来仇恨、争斗和战争呢？