From: Gaffar Peang-Meth <pean...@gmail.com>
Subject: Silde show: Don't Quit
To:
Date: Saturday, May 21, 2011, 6:53 PM
There are times in our lives when the ups and downs make us want to throw in the towel and call it quits. I have been there, in my personal and political life.
In my last years in the Khmer People’s National Liberation Front, I stapled a copy of a poem, “Don’t Quit,” written by an unknown author, on the door of my thatched hut at the Non-Communist Resistance’s joint military command: I saw it every morning, during the day, and before bedtime. It lifted my spirits, boosted my morale, and gave me the strength.
Years later, a friend from another continent, who had spent time at the Khmer-Thai border with me, was so down that in addition to all the e-mails I wrote to him, I sent a photograph I took of the poem. He read the poem, printed and posted it in his office. Years have passed since, and my friend is still thanking me for the poem.
I still find the poem so uplifting today – 30 years after I posted it on my door.
So, I am inviting you to spare a few minutes to watch the slide show and read the poem. I took all the photos, and the music is by a respected friend, Dr. Kang Kem, also of another continent. I hope the slide show will be a positive contribution to your life as it has been to mine and to my friend.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5h566ky4JI
Sincerely,
Gaffar Peang-Meth
