A Song of Peace

 

     I believe that this song can enough remind us of peace. Yes, as this lyrics, peace could come to us with full of love and hope in near future. Then people all over the world will say like "we are the one transcending nationalities, religions and races".
     Hatred against each other and any of war should cease. Which just make worse troubles. To listen, understand and respect are what we should do at least.
If we are the those who dream of bringing peace, we need to be humble than anyone else and need to think through what we can do for peace.

     Man Hee Lee, who is a messanger of peace, is one of the those working hard for peace. Even his age is more than 80. He is telling ranging from regular citizens to a number of Prime ministers and Presidents  about a duty they should do if they are truly those who love their countries and people.

     What about singing this song dreaming of peace when you have dinner with family in the evening ? :)

Reference : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxidrVmwznU

Brother land Turkey, Ethiopia meets peace

     In the dawn of June 25th, 1950 the sound of the screaming and fear started in the Korea peninsula. This is the day when the Korea War started, and it is the day when The North and The South Korea were divided visible. After 30 years for colony from Japan, Korea independent on the 1945. Every Koreans was happy to be free again but this was not for so long. With the will of the citizen or not, because of the government families and friends became enemies to each other. It was a chaos all around. There were no more songs of joy or happiness, everyone was afraid even the soldiers. It was the fear losing family and friends, and also the nation. 

     But even in the worst situation, there was hope. The Korea War was not only the fight throughout Koreans. Many of the soldiers from the other countries helped this war to finish. Because this war was not about winning or losing, it was about to bring peace in this land as soon as possible.

     Among the brother countries the Korea had, Turkey sent many soldiers to the war. Even though the soldiers never met or knew the people of Korea before, but to help and save them, young youth sacrificed their lives to Korea. The youth could have lived a better life, if they were not in the war. Make a family with the person oneself loves and to have kids and see them grow.. this could have been the life to the young soldiers. Despite thinking about the future for themselves, the youth took chance to do a meaningful thing. Many of the Turk died that day and few survived.
 
 

 

 < Turk & Ethiopian who fought in the Korea War >

     The youth that who took part in the Korean War, now is the elders of the country. Who will remember their sacrifice and the great exploits? The past is the past but it is the history that has made who we are now. And we should never forget the memories that made us live in peace that we barely have now. There are some associations and people that try to remember the entire victim who has fought for Korea. But who is the one who really take the moves into action? 

     Then, here we get to meet Mr. Lee (Man Hee Lee) the peace leader. Above all the thing he has done or what position he is in now, far past 60 years before, he was also a soldier in the Korea War. Like with the others, he fought for his country to keep it safe. He fought with many other men including the foreigners who fought for Korea. During the war, friends and ones who were beside you died. This means that you can never see them again in this world. The bomb is blowing everywhere and people are fighting for their lives. Few have survived and few saw the results of the war. From the results we realize war is a thing that is far from peace, and all the sacrifice is the ones who were in it. War must not happen again because it makes a lot of damage physically or mentally. So Man Hee Lee knows the feeling because he was is there before. With the sorrow of losing a friend and family, Man Hee Lee maintains his opinion that the war must never happen again. This is not only about Korea, but also about this world. Man Hee Lee says, the youth who were sacrificed in the war are pity because they never got the chance to live their own life. Who is going to compensate their lives? Is this even possible with anything in the world? Yes. Even if you have all the money in the world, still you can't make a man live again. Like this, life and this path is important than any other thing in this world. This is why Mr. Lee is shouting for peace, and this is why he is making this happen. A place without war or tears.

     During Mr. Lee's peace travel around the world, he has visited Ethiopia and Turkey. Despite with his busy schedule, he had made time to meet the veterans of the Korean War. There he has shown great appreciation to the veterans of the War and understood their sorrow as well. This is peace, and this is gratitude for the men of national merit. The important thing is the true mind of understanding and respecting others. Also this has to come with action also. Who is the real leader of peace? And what can we do to help this happen?

 < Man Hee Lee meets the Ethiopian veterans of the Korea War >

 

 

Photo Source:
mannamvictory.blogspot.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ethiopian_soldiers_Korea1951.JPG
http://www.ataa.org/press/ATAA-Honors-Korean-War-Veterans.html

War veterans whom shall be remembered for eternity

     Today is a Korean Memorial Day (Koreans simply call this day, “625”). And for the commemorating this day, I want to share a short poem with you. The poem is etched in stone at a Korean War Veteran’s Memorial in the Liberty State Park, New Jersey. 

We didn’t do much talking,

We didn’t raise a fuss.

But Korea really happened

So please - remember us.

We all just did our duty

But we didn’t win or lose.

A victory was denied us

But we didn’t get to choose.

We all roasted in the summer

In winter, we damn near froze.

Walking back from near the Yalu

With our blackened frozen toes.

Like the surf the Chinese kept coming

With their bugles in the night.

We fired into their masses

Praying for the morning light.

All of us just had to be there

And so many of us died.

But now we’re all but half forgotten

No one remembers how we tried.

We grow fewer with the years now

And we still don’t raise a fuss.

But Korea really happened

So please - remember us.

                  -written by. Roberto J. Prinselaar

     I learned that during Korean War, over 1,000,000 soldiers from 21 UN countries including Australia were involved in the war. I didn’t know so many countries were involved in this war! Not only the Korean War veterans but we also need to remember and be grateful to the soldiers who sacrificed to protect the nations. 

     Chairman Man-Hee Lee was also a Korean War veteran, and to borrow his words, “Why is young life thrown away without having had a chance to bloom because of war?” It was not their will to fight but the politicians’. Then why not politicians fight but send the young men to fight for them? The war should be never exists in this universe, even the word! We should be the ones who have to bring peace to the future generation and remember those who died in the battle fields. 

Reference: http://generalmacarthurshonorguard.com/Korean_War_Poem.php

What makes up 100% in life?

     In a competitive society nowadays, everyone tries to put out 100% in results, grades, etc. But what really makes up 100% in life? 

     Let me tell you an interesting fact that the language also shapes our lives. When you equate the alphabet with numbers: 

A:1 B:2 C:3 D:4 E:5 F:6 G:7 H:8 I:9 J:10 K:11 L:12 M:13 N:14 O:15 P:16 Q:17 R:18 S:19 T:20 U:21 V:22 W:23 X:24 Y:25 Z:26

     The arithmetic by alphabets might give you an answer. So the words below are the ones that people think the important things to make our life 100%

Leadership: L+E+A+D+E+R+S+H+I+P

12+5+1+4+5+18+19+8+9+16=97% 

Knowledge: K+N+O+W+L+E+D+G+E

11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5=96%

Love: L+O+V+E

12+15+22+5=54%

Luck: L+U+C+K

12+21+3+11=47%

Money: M+O+N+E+Y

13+15+14+5+25=72%

     Unfortunately, none of the words above can make 100%. It doesn't mean that it is not necessary, but the most important thing is the ATTITUDE! 

Attitude: A+T+T+I+T+U+D+E

        1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5=100%

     Our attitude towards every situation makes our life 100%! In order to change our attitudes, I think we need to change our minds, and to change our minds, we need to change our thoughts. If your thoughts are positive, your behavior becomes positive. So I suggest you to think positively and change the attitude little by little.

Reference: http://math-site.athabascau.ca/documents/Mathematics_for_Life_journey.pdf

The Key to become one!

The Key to become one!

(Picture source: http://www.fifa.com/)

 Everyone is excited about the World Cup that is held these days. The fans waited for 4 years and the players are also excited about the matches they have to win. 32 countries are trying their best to win the World Cup for the nation. In every soccer match, all the people from the world can’t put their eyes off the ball. One goal, one ball depends on the cheer and disappointment though the countries. The players and the audience become one with soccer, with one ball. Even the  other countries that do not attend the World Cup, also joins the soccer together because they are curious of the world news and the winner of the Cup.

 Because of the World Cup, people infuse patriotism into the heart of their nations. The entire topic is about soccer when they talk. Studies even show us that at the 2002 World Cup over 30% of the crime rate have been decreased. This is what World Cup made us. It made us feel pride of my nation and have patriotic spirit.

 The reason people can become though soccer is that they have the same goal. For the reputation and the fame of the country, soccer players are doing their best and the crowd goes wild for the victory. Even if the team wins in the match or not, they already are a team that we call ‘won’. It is because the whole nation moving with one accord means they already got together and this means a lot. The process itself means victory to the nations because that they became one.

 Like the result we see in the World Cup, what will happen if we gather our strength and hearts to one. What kind of result will that make? Anything can happen if we have this kind of hearts to achieve something. What if we work for peace in this way? Achieving with passion and the will to achieve it? Then peace will already have come to our world. But why did this not happen?

First, peace is a thing that is invisible. If we can see it like we see the soccer ball, and see the results right away, people think that there is a progress. But peace is an assignment that all the people have to solve. Not only one or two people, but also all the people have to make and fight for peace.

Second, peace is a thing that can happen after a continuous effort. Many peace leaders worked for peace and to achieve it, and still we have to work to achieve it. Not only this, there are other lots of reasons. But the important thing that we have to think about is we have the possibility to make peace happen. We have seen people become one and untie with soccer in the World Cups. So we can make it happen if we only have the hearts and minds to achieve it. Many say that peace is hard and difficult to achieve. But if we look it the bright side, there are always possibilities and it is true that we have the potential to do it. 

All our wishes on ‘The Palm of Peace’

     The National Palace of Guatemala is the most important building and was the headquarters of the President of Guatemala. But now, it became the national museum and the origin of all the roads in the Republic.

     Inside the palace, there is a famous statue called ‘Palm of Peace.’ The statue is built where the the government signed to end the 36 years of malicious civil war.
In Guatemala, white rose is a symbol of peace. To celebrate another day of peace and for the everlasting peace, at 11:30 am, the Army honor Guard changes white rose that has been placed on a monument with a new rose. The old rose (symbolizes 24 hours of peace) is given to a guest of the country in a ceremony.

     Many guests from around the world visit to place the rose in the statue. In 2007, President Bush laid the rose in the peace statue and in 2011, the UN secretary general Ban-Ki Moon was the first Korean who placed the rose in the statue. And this year, another special guest from Korea visited the National Palace. It was the active peace advocate Chairman Man-Hee Lee. Even though he is a leader of a mere private organization, people of Guatemala deeply honored his activities towards world peace and thanked him. Chairman Lee laid a white rose in the Palm of Peace.

     When I saw the picture of him laying the flower, my heart was overwhelmed because it looked like he was laying the wishes of the people. Wishes of world peace! The two hands that are raised sincerely towards the sky seemed like a prayer of those who are suffering from the ruthless war. Hope all our wishes come true!

Reference: http://www.delange.org/Guat1/Guat1.htm
Photo source: http://www.spyghana.com/mr-man-hee-lee-laid-white-rose-palm-peace/

Guatemala, finally met the peace advocate!

      Do you remember from the last posting about the Mayans? I found an interesting fact from my friend from Guatemala that more than half of Guatemalans are the descendants of the Mayans! Some of them preserve the life style of Maya-wear traditional dress and speak indigenous language. The rest of the Guatemalans are Ladinos, mixed Maya-Spanish ancestry).

     Guatemala, the meaning of its name is the “land of tree.” It is where the most populous nation in Central America. Like the meaning of its name, it is heavily fostered and mountainous country. 

     Guatemala has been dreaming about peace in the world for a long time. In the presidential palace, there is a statue called “Palm of Peace.” It is the world’s famous statue which the presidents, politicians, and celebrities from around the world visit and lay the flower in the statue. In 2011, the UN secretary general Ban Ki-Moon was the first Korean citizen to lay the flower in the statue. But this time, the world peace activist Man-Hee Lee visited Guatemala and was invited to the Presidential Palace and laid the flower. It is surprising that a mere private volunteer organization could do all the peace activities for the universe! If I was a president, I would give him all the best awards and honor him as the state guest. Chairman Lee is the one who has done things that presidents or politicians couldn’t do. I hope his work continues until the world peace comes true. 

Reference:http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/countries/guatemala-facts/

Photo source:http://guatemala-thebook.com/

The consideration for peace

     Respecting is an easy and also a hard thing to do. I didn’t know Ramadan or about Muslim when my friend said that she is Islam. Or why the Jews wear black. But once I got to know other religions and the meaning for the people who believe, I got to know how much it means to the ones who respects. It may look unusual for others, but all kinds of the thing that people cares means much for them. Not only the religion, but also even others things are the same. It can be culture, nation or other field of study. There is no right or wrong, everything has a reason to be respected and to be considered. If it is not like this, how can we expect others to understand me?

     There is a peace leader who is doing this peace work all around the world. Despite of the culture and the adaptation to the country, this man respects every one of the thing around the world. He is Man Hee Lee the peace advocate. To the places where he goes, he is like the local person who lives in that area. Even with the food or the different circumstances, he accepts it as it is. Recently Man Hee Lee went to the United States and the land of passion and sun, Mexico. He makes a speech for others about peace. Many of the people who want to follow Mr. Lee’s peace movement gathers to listen. But not with his only thoughts, Mr. Lee really respects the listeners and the people who see. To the leaders of the religion, he makes a speech about religion and the things that they have to consider. To the teachers and students of the university, he speaks about education and the future which they make. And to the leaders of the politics, and to the public figures, he speaks about peace and what they have to do to achieve it. The important thing that we have to see is that, Man Hee Lee, the peace leader respects all the people even though they are in a different shape. What matters is the sincere mind and heart for others. By specking and listening in the other people’s way, it is much easier to understand them and to motivate them. But this doesn’t mean that he only say what is good for them. He speaks for the truth and the right way people have to be. But always in the last conclusion, Man Hee Lee talks about peace and how to make it happen.

     Understanding and making people one is not an easy thing to do. But if people come to a same goal and the same heart things can change and become a better place. A peace world.

Mayans, the peace lovers

     What do you know about Maya? The Maya civilization is known world-wide but not a lot of people know about the details.

     Maya is a Mesoamerican civilization which was established during 2000BC to 250AD. They had fully developed written language, art, architecture, and mathematical and astronomical systems. Many people knew that calendar, writing, and epigraphy is originated in Maya but their civilization developed them. Maya influence is detected in Honduras, Belize, Guatemala, and western El Salvador. Mayans did not conquest other countries but exchanged their culture by trade. From this, I think that the Mayans are peaceful citizens and advanced country where people possess gentle behavior.

     The Mayans were collapsed by the Spanish in 16^th century, but still there are many Mayans survived until now. Some Mayans still maintain their own culture such as clothing, religion, and language. They have their own pride for being the Mayans. Even though they lost their country, they never lose the mind of ‘peace-loving,’ so when a true peace leader, Man-Hee Lee visited them, they give him a grand welcome. The leaders of the Mayans willingly signed a peace agreement and expressed their desire for world peace.

     Even in a difficult situation, 14 million Mayans were delighted to work for the world peace. We must look after them, their broad mind-caring others not only oneself-and think what we can do for this world. 

Reference:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_civilization

Photo source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_civilization

Man-Hee Lee, on documentary film

     Chairman Lee is now a famous peace advocate world-wide. He is still actively participating in peace activities traveling through around the world. Nowadays, he is meeting many presidents and ex-presidents, politicians, and religious leaders to have them sign the peace agreement. Anyone who has met him highly appreciates about what he did in Mindanao and what he is doing now. 

     A famous French photographer, one of those who were deeply moved by his works, tried to make his interview into a documentary. Actually, he was making the film by interviewing different types of people from all over the world and people from the poorest to the richest, from commoners to the famous celebrities. Then he bumped into Chairman Lee and luckily had a chance to interview him. While interviewing Chairman Lee, he was impressed by his answers and teachings so a 30minute-interview got extended to an hour. Even for a single person, Chairman Lee answers to the questions sincerely. From his behavior, I also can see how people were greatly impressed because he does not speak peace only by the word, but he shows a modest attitude and respectful behavior to others no matter who that person is. I think this is what a true peace activist has to be! 

     By next year, the documentary film will be screened in the United Nations general assembly. I think it will be a great lesson to not only the leaders of UN but also for us. We need to be a person who truly loves the world and peace.

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http://www.greenstore.ma/blog/evenement/yann-arthus-bertrand-des-forets-et-des-hommes-140

The real peace leader Man Hee Lee

     Peace is a thing that everyone wants in this world. But if we want peace what do we have to do to achieve it? And how do we do it? Who do we follow?
     As humans are used to live in a social life, to gather and move people, we need a leader. If a good leader is leading the way, people will have trust, hope and also peace in their minds. The leader must have courage, vision, inspiration, integrity and also has to be a good example. But most of all, the leader must have the heart and actions that contains this.
     Even in a movie or a history book, we can find out the real leaders that people felt as a good leader shows people a good example and leads people. You can find out that in a battle field, the leader who led people thinks of other’s lives not themselves. Even if there are hundreds of enemies that wants to claim your death, leaders are always in the front. Seeing the massive enemies makes the soldiers speechless and afraid, the leader makes them keep their courage with the word and actions. This is what we can say, ‘The real leader’.

  <Leader quotes & battle scene in ‘The Lord of the rings’>

     There are many good leaders that lived in this world and some are still with us now. Especially peace leaders want to change the world and make peace in us. But how far have we gone to the goal? Are we still near the start line? This is because we need a real peace leader that can move and act to make this happen. Thinking about religion, race, culture and all the other things can make this difficult. But once you do not mind for these matters, achieving peace may be easier.
     There is a peace leader, a real peace leader that is with us. To make peace out of the ingredients from the heavenly culture, Mr. Man Hee Lee is making world peace. He is caring a burden that many people refused to carry. Achieving world peace. Taking actions and making things happen. He is the one who is meeting all the public figures and presidents. It is the time and Era, which peace will come is this world. For this to happen, people must follow the real peace leader. Listen carefully to what he speaks. Not for the fame or money, you can feel that he really wants peace to happen in this world for human rights. We say people are clever and have high intelligence compare to animals, but why do we fight and make war that makes us sad? Because we have hearts, we have minds, and we have the love for others, war and conflicts must come to an end. To meet and follow a person is not an easy decision but the heart and passion that I learned and felt from Mr. Lee is hard to express with the words I have. He is the key to this world and the only one who can do it.

The Incan leaders met the peace advocate Lee

     How much do you know about the Inca Empire? The Inca is located in Peru. It was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America. The Inca civilization arose from the highlands of Peru in the early 13^th century and was conquered by the Spanish in 1572.

     The Inca referred to their empire as "The Four Regions" or "The Four United Provinces." Most of them believe in Inti which is the sun god and they consider their king, Sapa Inca, as “the child of the sun.” Also, the Incans were peace-lovers who put a lot of effort in order to make a peaceful assimilation to the western South America, but it did not work out very well. However, recently, the Incan leaders who are the representatives of 14million Incans met the peace advocate Man-Hee Lee and heard about his peace activities. Until now, Chairman Lee is working to end all the war in the world and meeting presidents and religious leaders to have them sign the peace agreement. Everyone who had met him was stunned by his work because no one has ever made sacrifice this much, plus his age is 83! But he is so energetic and enthusiastic about his work. My grand-parents (actually most of the grand-parents) are in similar age, but they don’t have passion and just want to relax for the rest of their life time. The Incan leaders, too, signed the peace agreement and joined to work with him for world peace. I have a good feeling that world peace will soon be in reality. It will come to fruition very quickly.

 

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inca_Empire#Population

Photo source: http://discoverperufx.blogspot.kr/2012/08/the-inca-empire.html

http://birdsofawriter.blogspot.kr/2011/08/interesting-facts-incas-are-more-alike.html

Hope soap!

Hope soap!

 This is a brilliant idea for South Africa and especially for the kids. If a problem happens, there are people who just give up. But on the other side, there are people who wisely make a door to the problem that blocks the way. Which person are you? Are you the person who always gives up before you start it? With the heart and care for the children, one brilliant idea helped and saved peoples lives. Like this, there are many conflicts and problems that the human being living in the world has to solve. Do you want to back away and forget about it? Even though we do this, this is just like hiding yourself under your hand to the sun. It will make you comfortable for a while, but the problem is not solved. In this world, many people speak of peace. And say that this is going to happen. But still, it didn’t come. Of maybe it is coming as we speck. The thing is, we need to find a way. Think closer and look far. With the big problem we all can make a big wisdom door and open the path though it. Maybe the key to the problem may be not far away.

Source: Safetylab South Africa