TIME Magazine's most recent cover story focused on Aung San Suu Kyi, the recently released political activist of Burma who continues to fight for human rights and democracy. She was on house arrest for nearly 20 years before her release two months ago. She is credited with spearheading the National League for Democracy (NLD) despite her political rights seemingly vanished. Furthermore, there are clauses in Burma's new constitution that prohibit Suu Kyi from becoming Prime Minster, according to TIME's story. Her message is clear, and it should be reverberated. She constantly preaches kindness and even values it over love saying, "Love comes and goes, but kindness remains."
Although imprisoned for all those years, her new found freedom and acts of kindness towards the hungry, impoverished, sick and dying is more than admirable. She's a small woman with a large political agenda, seeking liberty for her people and unequivocal balance in government. It's yet another example of radical forces derailing peace, or at least the prospect to get the wheels turning. She does not know how long her freedom will last, but promises to make the most of it.
That's the reason Suu Kyi won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991 and that's the reason she deserves our attention.
Check out TIME's story, it's well written and honest:
The First Lady Of Freedom
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