I AM TRULY INSPIRED TONIGHT ALL...EARLIER THIS EVENING I SPENT TWO HOURS LISTENING TO A WOMAN SPEAK AT A CHURCH NOT A 5 MINUTE WALK FROM MY RESIDENCE...
THE WOMAN SPEAKING WAS KIM PHUC. THIS WOMAN WAS THE SUBJECT OF PROBABLY THE MOST FAMOUS (OR INFAMOUS DEPENDING UPON YOUR VIEW) PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN DURING THE VIETNAM WAR (IF INTERESTED IN VIEWING...WIKIPEDIA..THEN HER NAME,YOU WILL UNDERSTAND,SHE IS THE LITTLE GIRL WITH HER CLOTHES COMPLETELY BURNED OFF FROM A NAPALM ATTACK),I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO GREET HER AS SHE ARRIVED AND SPENT ABOUT 10 MINUTES SPEAKING WITH HER. ...WE EXCHANGED HUGS,SHE SIGNED MY BOOK ABOUT HER ENTITLED "THE GIRL IN THE PICTURE"...AND THEN SHE WENT OFF TO PREPARE TO FOR HER SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT...AFTERWARDS WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO SPEND MORE TIME TALKING WITH HER AND GET MY PIC TAKEN WITH HER....YES!!!...HER LIFE STORY AND
STRUGGLES ARE AWE INSPIRING,BUT HER CAPACITY FOR FORGIVENESS WAS WHAT IMPRESSED ME MOST...A LESSON TO BE SURE. EVEN THOUGH THE ROOM WAS CROWDED,SHE SPOKE TO ME AS IF WE WERE OLD FRIENDS...AN ABSOLUTE GEM OF A HUMAN BEING...KIM PHUC.

PLEASE VIEW THIS PICTURE,THEN REALIZE HOW LUCKY MOST OF US TRULY ARE.