"Ubuntu is very difficult to render into a Western language. It speaks of the very essence of being human. When we want to give high praise to someone we say, 'Yu, u nobuntu'; 'Hey so-and-so has ubuntu.' Then you are generous, you are hospitable, you are friendly and caring and compassionate. You share what you have. It is to say, 'My humanity is caught up, is inextricably bound up, in yours.' We belong in a bundle of life. We say, 'A person is a person through other persons.'"
-Desmond Tutu-
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
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you are inspiring - you are making me realize how much I take for granted regarding God, worship, freedom - we are so spoiled and selfish here in the US.
ReplyDeletetake care, Dan - let me know when you will get to B'ham - we'll do lunch with Sayers and Beason - love to you - Jill