What the world needs now...

[Be Brave]

...is Audrey Hepburn and people like her, like Margaret Hassan and Mother Teresa. Looking at the pictures of the tsunami victims' faces reminded me of Hepburn's work for UNICEF, her compassion for suffering children, and the comfort she brought them. The tsunami victims could use people like her who could be visible spokespeople and advocates for them.

Instead, we get Jeb Bush. Sigh. Let's see HIM comfort an Asian child in his arms.

Images were taken from:
http://www.ahepburn.com/index.html

[Fiona]

1. sigh

one of the most beautiful women who ever lived. And she'd still be beautiful even if she was ugly.

[Be Brave]

5. I understand what you're saying. She has a beautiful heart! n/t

[KlatooBNikto]

2. What a great person she was! The compassion in her eyes tells

the whole story.When she died we felt like we had lost a sister. A great life, well lived.

[Dr Fate]

3. Wow! She's cool.

Good people always bring a little hope. I wish I could be a better person.

[babylonsister]

4. I think the world is doing pretty well with this

disaster/catastrophe. I'll leave it to anyone other than myself to second-guess this admin with their initial $35M (I DO have my opinions). But I so totally applaud the world for stepping up, because this could well be and hopefully will be the worst disaster in our lifetime. Kudos to every country, the people in particular, who made such a difference.

[Be Brave]

7. I agree that people have stepped up. And there are many, many people

on the ground there who are doing good and hard work giving relief. All the suffering just reminded me of Hepburn's work and her compassion.

[jdj]

6. Angelina Jolie and Heather Mills are about all we've got now

Correct me if I am wrong, but since Princess Dianna these are about the only two that have stepped up to the plate with refugee work.

That's Heather Mills-McCartney, I mean. I've known of her work for ten years now, she really is an amazing woman subjected to the terrible bitchy British Press.

[Be Brave]

8. Oh yes, Angelina Jolie. She adopted a vietnamese child, no?

I hadn't known about Heather Mills-McCartney's work. Thank you for pointing that out. Kudos to them!

And let us remember also that saint, Mother Teresa!

[babylonsister]

9. The heck w/ 'who is popular'Heartwarming story.

An Indian family who lives in Great Britain were vacationing in Sri Lanka when disaster happened. Dad was a retired doc, his eldest daughter was a newly licensed doc, and his young'un was in her 2nd year of college on the way to becoming a doc. They stayed where they were and all gave their best, from big doc to his young daughter. These lovely people made a big difference, and many more like them are out there.

[babylonsister]

10. Another story I heard tonight that

I never even thought about. What if you were vacationing in Phuket and couldn't speak Thai or English? From the Scandinavian countries, as many tourists were? There are many people offering their language skills, i.e., I speak German and English, can I help you? and many different variations of this. Makes my heart feel pretty darn good considering the immensity of this.

[Be Brave]

11. Don't get me wrong. Like I said in my other post, I am aware that there

are many, many people on the ground doing hard relief work. And they are better people than myself who can do nothing more than sit here and type. What these popular "ambassadors" do is something more practical than provide heartwarming stories. They serve as highly visible spokespeople who can advocate and get the word out. They also represent something else: That someone from a completely different culture and background can empathize with somebody who is suffering at the other side of the world. They serve as an inspiration and role models, and sometimes these are good things.

[babylonsister]

12. Well, Be Brave IS Brave!

I agree. Good works from people for purely compassionate reasons work so well for me. And compassion arises now, in these days/weeks/months of despair and hardship.

[Be Brave]

13. Oh sheesh, stop it already with the username teasing!

:)

Thank you for understanding my point. I think we both acknowledge the fact that the relief workers on the ground are good people doing good work, expecting nothing in return but perhaps a peaceful afterlife.