Holi is a religious spring festival celebrated by Hindus as a festival of colours.
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“On June 8, 1972, I ran out from Cao Dai temple in my village, Trang Bang, South Vietnam; I saw an airplane getting lower and then four bombs falling down. I saw fire everywhere around me. Then I saw the fire over my body, especially on my left arm. My clothes had been burned off by fire.
I was 9 years old but I still remember my thoughts at that moment: I would be ugly and people would treat me in a different way. My picture was taken in that moment on Road No. 1 from Saigon to Phnom Penh. After a soldier gave me some drink and poured water over my body, I lost my consciousness.
Several days after, I realized that I was in the hospital, where I spent 14 months and had 17 operations.
It was a very difficult time for me when I went home from the hospital. Our house was destroyed; we lost everything and we just survived day by day.
Although I suffered from pain, itching and headaches all the time, the long hospital stay made me dream to become a doctor. But my studies were cut short by the local government. They wanted me as a symbol of the state. I could not go to school anymore.
The anger inside me was like a hatred as high as a mountain. I hated my life. I hated all people who were normal because I was not normal. I really wanted to die many times.
Forgiveness made me free from hatred. I still have many scars on my body and severe pain most days but my heart is cleansed.
Napalm is very powerful but faith, forgiveness and love are much more powerful. We would not have war at all if everyone could learn how to live with true love, hope and forgiveness.
If that little girl in the picture can do it, ask yourself: Can you?”
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“Jag vill själv välja när jag är sexig, och när jag är rolig. Jag längtar efter den dagen då en publik skrattar sig hes till ballongdansen framförd av ett gäng nakna kvinnor, som får vara just… bara roliga.
Men det kanske är en naiv utopi. Jag har ju trots allt en kvinnokropp, som först och främst ska vara sexig, inte rolig.”
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Grattis på födelsedagen. Din tjugotredje. Wow. Det är så mycket som förändras såhär på hösten, den här hösten (du vet), men “don’t you worry ‘bout a thing”.
Och du. Tacka dina föräldrar. För att du finns. Hälsa från mig. ♥
