a nation of sorrow: Indonesia
** in deep regret for the many victims of various disasters **
this is why we are a sorry nation:
* there has been too many (natural and man-made) disasters taking place around us.
* everybody is sorry about us but ourselves.. if we have been truly sorry those man-made/man-induced disasters would not happen so frequently and at a rather disturbing scale!
* we are too recipient (if not addicted) to “aid” from others…. we indulge ourselves too much in living from other’s pitty… how about thanks but no! not for the sake of empty and selfish pride but edifying ourselves in self-reliance.
* we dont have to thank for the so-called “aid”.. cause they are mostly another form of debt or at least a way by the haves to gain profit in a subtle and noble-like manner. most of the aid is spent for the benefit of the “donor”
* we, indonesians, take the word “sorry” for granted that we often wasted it unintentionally. why should we be sorry for what we should not… for example to reject cigarettes, invitations and virtually everything. let us use it rather carefully as a statement of our appreciation for the deep and true meaning of the expression “sorry”
Let us stop being a sorry nation… let us be something else… a worry and glory nation … or at least a truly sorry nation… if not maybe there is no point of being one.
