we have no stateless people in Myanmar and there is no Rohingya in Myanmar as well, because no Bengali people are residing in Myanmar.
– Director General of Burma’s Department of Population Myint Kyaing
The Burma Army burned down his house, stole his water buffalo, and killed his brother. We drank tea together. Karen State, Burma, 2009
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A Karen elder squats by his chickens. Eh Htoo Hta, Burma, March> 2010.
Cowardice asks the question, ‘Is it safe?’ Expediency asks the question, ‘Is it politic?’ Vanity asks the question, ‘Is it popular?’ But, conscience asks the question, ‘Is it right?’ And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular but one must take it because one’s conscience tells one that it is right. - Martin Luther King, Jr.
Go with your love to the fields.
Lie down in the shade. Rest your head
in her lap. Swear allegiance
to what is nighest your thoughts.
As soon as the generals and the politicos
can predict the motions of your mind,
lose it. Leave it as a sign
to mark the false trail, the way
you didn’t go. Be like the fox
who makes more tracks than necessary,
some in the wrong direction.
Practice resurrection.
(Source: fernsandmoss)
Via Words Less Spoken
Another bird hunter, Karen State, Burma, 2011.
“May you grow up to be righteous, may you grow up to be true. May you always know the truth and see the lights surrounding you. May you always be courageous, stand upright and be strong. May you stay forever young.”
- Bob Dylan
January 2009: A Karen Grandmother looking for a safe place to live with her family and enough land to grow rice to survive.
Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.
- Viktor Frankl
Kachin Grandmother, Laiza, 2012. Her village is destroyed and her friends and kin have lost their lives but she will not bend her knees to the Burma Army. Go grandma, my prayers are with you.
“Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can’t ride you unless your back is bent.”
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
About me
1994: My wife and I met a 4 year old girl whose mom and dad were killed by Burma Army soldiers. We helped arrange care for her, which turned into a children's home, which multiplied into 10 refugee camp based homes, and now reaches out to over half a million displaced people per year inside Burma. This blog is for and about them.
