TEN THINGS TO LEARN FROM JAPAN

1.    THE CALM- not a single chest-beating or wild grief. Sorrow itself has been elvated.

2.    THE DIGNITY- disciplined queues for water and groceries. Not a rough words 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 honkingand no overtaking on the roads. Just understanding.

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

7.    THE TENDERNESS- restaurants cut prices. An unguarded ATM is left alone. The strong care for the weak.

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

9.    THE MEDIA- they showed magnificient 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.