Getting through a crisis

My final words of advice to you are educate, agitate and organize.  Have faith in yourself.  With justice on our side, I do not see how we can lose our battle.  The battle to me is a matter of joy.  The battle is in the fullest sense spiritual.  There is nothing material or social in it.  For ours is a battle not for wealth or for power.  It is a battle for freedom.  It is the battle of reclamation of human personality. 
-B.R. Ambedkar 

This week, I share not a photo but a quote.  It comes from a leader of the movement for independence from British colonial rule in India.  I googled him to see that he may not be as well known as Ghandi but that he was every bit a leader of the same movement for freedom.  I have never heard of this fellow and so now I have been introduced to someone else worth knowing in history.  He was a lawyer, economist, historian, politician, social activist for his people and man of religion.  He stood up for the rights of the underclasses of India.  He was quite a man. 

I came across him in a friend's posting on her Facebook as she was contemplating how can we get Thailand through its crisis.  How can any of us get through crises we face in life?  This same friend lives in Bangkok and she helped me get across the line this week as I faced my crisis at the work place at Caritas.  She said something that hit me and made sense, allowing me to move on.

Moving on is what we need to do in life.  Face up to what it is that is holding us back and then rise up again with renewed energy to meet life's reality and challenges.  That was my experience of this week and it came through a friend with whom I had shared my load.  I am sure there is a message enough here for the week. 

What happens for good at the micro level can be applied to the macro level and the same principles can help a society move on and face up to its challenges instead staying stuck in non-negotiation, stubbornness and self-interest.