Courage<br/><br/>

Aung San Suu Kyi is one of the founders of the National League for Democracy in Burma. She is a mother of two children, as well as the 1991 Nobel Prize Laureate in Peace. Her father, General Aung San, gained independence for Burma from Britian in 1947. Unfortunately, he was assassinated when Suu Kyi was two years old. Her mother later received an appointment as Burmese ambassador to India. In Suu Kyi's early years, she was deeply touched by M. Gandhi's spirit for the love of peace.<br/><br/>

While Suu Kyi worked at the United Nation secretariat, she also volunteered at the hospital during evenings and weekends.<br/><br/>

When Suu Kyi returned to Burma in 1998 to take care of her mother, she realized that the Burmese citizens needed her support. Since then she stayed with the citizens in Burma. She did not leave the country even when the time she was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace, or the time when her husband was dying in England, because she knew that the Burmese government would not let her back into Burma.<br/><br/>

Suu Kyi's sons quoted her words when they went to Oslo to accept the award on her behalf. "To live the full life one must have the courage to bear the responsibility of the needs of others."<br/><br/>

Let us learn from Suu Kyi's for her selfless spirit.