Remember Them

Over the last few weeks there has been good news coming out of Burma at last. Ongoing efforts to agree ceasefires between, what those in power would refer to as rebels, such as Karen, and the freeing of political prisoners such as Buddhist monks, are happening now. How much pain and suffering we can cause others when we do not show compassion, some of the political prisoners have been incarcerated for many years, deprived of the simplest of luxuries; at least some had been able to find solace in meditation.