Friends, Burmans, Our Ethnic brothers and sisters,

Lend me your ears!!!

I come not to praise any leader past or present.

I come not to criticize any leader past or present.

But allow me to post these thoughts for the benefit of all our citizens, living abroad or inside the country.

Those living on the bullock carts, those living on the boats, those living in the stables etc, etc, etc.

Here these humble words of mine that come out from the bottom of my heart.

I do not claim to know every thing or have any solution.

All I can claim is that I am willing to share my knowledge and experience for the peace, progress and prosperity of our country and all its peoples.

Where does National Reconciliaiton begin.

Where does it start.

Let me say these simple words which ring with truth.

"It begins within the human heart", that is it my friends.

There cannot be peace and harmony even among two people who love each other, like a husband and wife if they are not willing to each other. If they are not willing to put the interest of the marriage before their self interest.

So it is within a family. The father has to do the father's job. The mother has to do the mother's job. The children have to listen to their parents. The father has to take the leadership role and must behave in such a manner that the whole family loves and respects him. If he is drinking all day or not willing to work to bring home the food for the family then we can say that the father is negligent in his duties. In the same way the wife has to cook the food and take care of the household duties and teach the children all the good manners that need to be taught. This is how a traditional Burmese family operates. The family is at the lowest level of our national structure.

So in the interest of the nation, I appeal to all the leaders from all segments of society to ask themselves these fundamental questions.

"What kind of legacy do I wish to leave behind".

I am not going to suggest anything here. It is for the leaders to answer themselves in their heart of hearts.

If we look at history, we had good kings and not so good kings.

What kind of legacy did these Kings leave behind?

Anawratha - he founded the Bagan dynasty
Tabinshwe Hti - he founded the Toungoo dynasty
Alaung Paya - he founded the Kone Baung dynasty
King Mindon - he founded the Ratanabon City and was the convenor of the Fifth Buddhist Synod (Pyinsama Sangha Yadana Tin Mintaya Gyi).
King Thibaw - lost the country to the British
U Nu - imprisoned and later became a political exile after the coup detat in 1962 by General Ne Win.
U Ne Win - established the BSPP, ran the country to the ground economically and died an ignoble death. Not even a decent funeral.

So I ask again to all the leaders of our Golden Land.

What kind of legacy or legacies do you wish to leave behind.

If I may be permitted to venture an answer I wish to say this.

"Why not go down in history as the leaders who brought about true and genuine National Reconciliation if Burma/Myanmar".

It is not too far off.

It begins from within the heart.

"Than thaya pyauk hma ahman bawa yauk mei".

Than thaya pyauk par sei, ahman bawa yauk par sei.

Km<br><br>Post edited by: kmyaing, at: 2008/01/26 06:07