WE AMERICANS NEED TO LEARN FROM OUR ALLIES

Submitted by: Robert Cooper

AMERICANS JUST DO NOT HAVE THIS KIND OF UP BRINGING.  VERY SAD FOR US BUT ABSOLUTELY ENVIABLE BEHAVIOR ON THEIR PART.

10 things to learn  from Japan 

1. THE  CALM 
Not a single visual of chest beating or wild grief.  Sorrow itself has been elevated. 

2. THE  DIGNITY 
Disciplined queues for water  and groceries.  Not a rough word or a crude gesture. Their patience is admirable and praiseworthy. THE  ABILITY 
The incredible architecture, for  instance.  Buildings swayed but didn’t fall. 
4. THE GRACE  (Selflessness) 

People bought only what they needed for the present, so everybody could get something. 5. THE  ORDER 
No looting in shops. No  honking and no overtaking on the roads. Just understanding. 

6. THE  SACRIFICE 
Fifty [RESPONSIBLE & DEDICATED] workers stayed back to pump sea water into the nuclear reactors.  How will they ever be repaid? 

7. THE  TENDERNESS 
Restaurants cut prices.  An unguarded ATM is left alone.  The strong cared for the  weak. 

8. THE  TRAINING 
The old and the children, everyone knew exactly what to do. And they did just that. 

9. THE  MEDIA 
They showed magnificent  restraint in the bulletins. No silly  reporters. Only calm reportage. Most of  all –NO POLITICIANS TRYING  TO GET CHEAP MILEAGE. 10. THE  CONSCIENCE 
When the power went off in a store, people put things back on the shelves and left quietly.

With their country in the midst of a  colossal disaster -- The Japanese  citizens can teach plenty of lessons to the  world.


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