Mrs. Shigeko Sasamori, survivor of the attack on Hiroshima in 1945, just shared with us in the library. An amazing woman. With extensive 3rd degree burns over much of her body and her face permanently disfigured, her message was the complete opposite of vengeance. The main message she wants to share with us all and for us to share with others, by extension:
Be happy. Be good to each other. Happiness leads to social promotion, not war.
Any type of physical fighting is a type of "war," leading to larger War.
War should be avoided at all costs.
Smile. Love one another.
Appreciate your family. Appreciate your friends.
Mrs. Sasamori instinctively, yet very conscientiously, hugged each of us. A warm embrace.
We are all within the arms of the very nation that bombed her country mercilessly in those waning days of the Second World War.
Yet, Mrs. Sasamori tells us: Why should I be angry with you? "It was not YOU.
I am angry at war."
**Look up 1950's film "Children of Hiroshima" to see Mrs. Sasamori.**
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