For those of us who still complain about how hard our lives are - "Damn, the internet's down again, I can't believe we're down to eight helpers again...." - let's pause for a few minutes to hear the story of Malala Yousafzai - who, of course is the 16 year old Pakistani girl who was shot by the Taliban for fighting for the right of women to be educated.
From The Huffington Post:
The Nobel Peace Prize nominee said that when she learned she was a target while living in Pakistan, she often thought about how she would react if she found herself face-to-face with a terrorist. At first, she thought she would fight back. But then she realized, she could not stoop to his level.
“If you hit a Talib, then there would be no difference between you and the Talib,” she said. “You must not treat others with cruelty…You must fight others through peace and through dialogue and through education.”
Once she decided she could not respond with violence, Yousafzai thought about what she would say to a terrorist.
“I would tell him how important education is and that I would even want education for your children as well. That’s what I want to tell you,” she envisioned saying, “now do what you want.”
Wow, huh?
You can check out her amazing interview with Jon Stewart here which you can share with your kids. It may be the 21st Century, but, yes we still need heroes.
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