I should know by now not to read comments people make on controversial news stories. I was reading a story earlier about Rep Gabrielle Giffords' recovery and some of the comments made were unnecessary, and unnecessarily hateful. I guess I'm having a hard time balancing free speech with the things that people choose to say. I suppose one has to be strong enough in his convictions to be able to look past the sometimes horrifying rhetoric people spew onto public forums. I decided that since I'm not quite that strong, I'm going to counter it with an old story from BBC Outlook I heard in January. I think about this woman and her Ubuntu spirit nearly every day, and I think that her selflessness and compassion are great enough to wipe out the rest of what I head today.
Enjoy!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/2011/01/110104_dorah_mokoena.shtml
To read more about Dorah's story, go here:
http://www.childrenoffire.org/index2.asp?include=thetimes.htm&catID=3
And to learn more about children like Dorah, or to make a contribution, go here:
http://www.firechildren.org/index.asp
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