Thank you Esther

Just got this 10 sentences from my wonderful friend Esther from Malaysia and I wanted to share them here, because these are things I love in Japan and these are virtues, which make me want to stay forever here. All people, who love this stupid book "Darum nerven Japaner" and actually believe the $%&@ in there, should read and respect this 10 things instead, if they REALLY want to know how Japan is.

************ LESSON TO LEARN FROM JAPAN ***********


10 THINGS TO LEARN FROM THE JAPANESE

1. THE CALM
Not a single visual of chest-beating or wild grief. Sorrow itself has been elevated.

2. THE DIGNITY
Disciplined queues for water and groceries. Not a rough word or a crude gesture.

3. THE ABILITY
The incredible architects, for instance. Buildings swayed but didn’t fall.

4. THE GRACE
People bought only what they needed for the present, so everybody could get something.

5. THE ORDER
No looting in shops. No honking and no overtaking on the roads. Just understanding.

6. THE SACRIFICE
Fifty workers stayed back to pump sea water in the N-reactors. How will they ever be repaid?

7. THE TENDERNESS
Restaurants cut prices. An unguarded ATM is left alone. The strong cared for the weak.

8. THE TRAINING
The old and the children, everyone knew exactly what to do. And they did just that.

9. THE MEDIA
They showed magnificent restraint in the bulletins. No silly reporters. Only calm reportage.

10. THE CONSCIENCE
When the power went off in a store, people put things back on the shelves and left quietly