[Vnbiz] Doing politics in the Vietnamese spirit

[Tran Dinh Hoanh]

Dear sister Dieu & CACC,

You understand me well.  And your question is very good.

As a matter of public policy, the government need to work with the Vietkieu
community as much as it can, to improve relations as much as it can.

But let me bring it to a very personal level and give you my ultimate honest
answer, as a matter of my own heart:

I know that I cannot control anyone's heart.  I have enough trouble
controlling my own heart--many times I get angry even though I want to be
calm.

I cannot make others love me and I don't even try to make anyone love me.
Trying to work on others' hearts is a futile attempt most of the time.
Instead I try to love others the best I can, constantly, all the time.  I
may not succeed in such attempt, because many times I would be so upset that
I act like I just want to knock their head off.  But at least, I seriously
try to love people as much as I can spiritually, with all my human
weaknesses.

Whether they love me or not is their business, not mine.

Does this answer your question, sis Dieu?

Hoanh


On 6/8/07, Dieu Nguyen <dieu.m.nguyen at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Dear anh Hoanh,
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> It seems like you have a particular set of audience in mind for this note,
> which I assume to be those who live, study or have regular contact with
> foreign countries.
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> I agree with anh Hoanh that we cannot and should not worship either
> Western power or their good will.  I agree that there are people who
> continue to fight the futile war and to look at the past instead of the
> present.
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> All Vietnamese are brothers and sisters. It is a righteous principal and I
> want to believe in it but there is a distance between theory/ideology and
> reality. And the reality is there are many brothers and sisters who don't
> like us (as us I mean to say Vietnamese who are currently living in VN) and
> who want to fight agaisnt us. What should we do to reconcile with them, to
> make them treat like brothers and sisters as they are ought to be?
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> Thanks,
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> Dieu Nguyen
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> Tran Dinh Hoanh, LLB, JD
> Washington DC
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