{"id":133,"date":"2011-04-11T20:46:16","date_gmt":"2011-04-12T00:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/insweetcompany\/?p=133"},"modified":"2011-04-11T20:46:16","modified_gmt":"2011-04-12T00:46:16","slug":"10-things-to-learn-from-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/insweetcompany\/2011\/04\/10-things-to-learn-from-japan.html","title":{"rendered":"10 Things to Learn from Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201c… if we concede to indignity, we simply cannot achieve our full potential as human beings.\u201d –<\/em>– Katherine Dunham, IN SWEET COMPANY: CONVERSATIONS WITH EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN ABOUT LIVING A SPIRITUAL LIFE<\/p>\n

The following copy comes to you by way of an email I recieved, the origin of which remains floating in the ocean of cyberspace. It\u2019s a deep and powerul perspective; one I thought to pass on to you.<\/p>\n

1. THE CALM – Not a single visual of chest-beating, anger or wild grief. Sorrow itself has been elevated.<\/p>\n

2. THE DIGNITY – Disciplined queues for water and groceries. Not a rough word or crude gesture.<\/p>\n

3. THE ABILITY – The engineering: Buildings swayed but didn\u2019t fall.<\/p>\n

4. THE GRACE – People bought only what they needed for the present so everyone could get what they needed.<\/p>\n

5. THE ORDER – No looting in shops. No honking or hogging the roads. Just understanding.<\/p>\n

6. THE SACRIFICE – Fifty workers stayed to pump sea water in the N-reactors. How will they ever be repaid?<\/p>\n

7. THE TENDERNESS- Restaurants cut prices. An unguarded ATM was left undisturbed. The strong cared for the weak.<\/p>\n

8. THE TRAINING – Everyone, the elderly and the children, knew exactly what to do. And they did it.<\/p>\n

9. THE MEDIA – They showed magnificent restraint in the bulletins. Only calm reporting.<\/p>\n

10. THE CONSCIENCE – When the power went off in a store, people put things back on the shelves and left quietly.<\/p>\n

Your thoughts?<\/p>\n

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