Yes, we can win!
Losing a God King? Let's respectfully mourn and move on.
Stop accepting that we are the victim:
the victim of the French colonialist, the past unsuccessful policy of King Sihanouk, the failed policy of Pol Pot, the Vietnamese
cruelty and the regime's brutality, etc… because when we think and accept that we
are the victim, we are the victim—forever.
We must rise above being the victim for
we are not. We were born as Khmer and as Khmer we can become as strong as anyone
out there in the world and we have proofs. The proofs are not just thousands of
monuments and footprints out there throughout Southeast Asia and the world but
they are in our blood, heart, mind and spirit.
Picture: From Travelog.Org
What ever happened in the past can be
used as seeds, as stepping stones and as great lessons for us to move forward
to rebuild and construct a bright and dazzling Cambodia. We must learn from all
factors that have led to Cambodia’s temporary defeats with the understanding
that every defeat carries with it the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit
when we have the right and positive mental attitude—the attitude of being the victor
instead of being the victim.
We have to realize that each defeat is
just a temporary setback and not the total failure and we have to understand
that it takes many defeats to achieve the final victory—comparing to a baby who
needs to learn from his falls… so many times in order for him to stand up, walk
and then run.
We must get off our knees and stand up
to face all current challenges: immorality, poverty, oppression and foreign
control.
To get off our knees is to take
possession of our mind and use it. And we must use it … with the positive
mental attitude that we are now and will be the victor---we are no longer the
victim: No more crying for help, no more self pity, no more belittling
ourselves, no more fearing and no more accepting any notion that Khmers are
losers and cannot win--- for a loser and a victim are all the same.
From now on we declare that we are the
winner and we can do whatever we want to rebuild and construct our own life as
well as our country… and we can do it as a person, a family, a society and
finally as a great nation.
Take possession of our mind, put our
mind and thoughts together collectively and harmoniously and the victory is
awaiting just a few steps away.
Yes, we can win! And we can win without the former King.
Timothy Chhim
October 18, 2012
1 comment:
If it takes one death to heal a nation, then let this former king heal his legacy.
What will CPP do?
I don't think they expected the overwhelming support of their citizen. Concern they should be.
it's interesting, timing announcement of his death.
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