10 Things to Learn from the Japanese.

I was admiring the amazing photographs of the Japanese disaster that are now up for awards, including this really quite astonishing one that made the front page of the Chinese Communist Party newspaper:

 No matter an enormous disaster, 

Japanese are knee-jerk well mannered!

Anyway, after showing this around, Lyn sent me this wonderful article:

 

 10 things to learn  from Japan – SKYNEWS reported this few days  back.
 
 

 1. THE  CALM
 Not a single visual of  chest-beating or wild grief. Sorrow itself has been elevated.

   
2. THE  DIGNITY
 Disciplined queues for water  and groceries. Not a rough word or a crude gesture. Their patience is  admirable and praiseworthy.


3. THE  ABILITY
 The incredible architects, for  instance. Buildings swayed but didn’t fall.
 

4. THE GRACE  (Selflessness)
 People  bought only what they needed for the present, so everybody could get  something.
 

5. THE  ORDER
 No looting in shops. No  honking and no overtaking on the roads. Just  understanding.

 
6. THE  SACRIFICE
 Fifty workers stayed back to  pump sea water in the N-reactors. How will they ever be repaid?
   

7. THE  TENDERNESS
 Restaurants cut prices. An  unguarded ATM is left alone. The strong cared for the  weak.
 

8. THE  TRAINING
 The old and the children, everyone  knew exactly what to do. And they did just that.

 
9. THE  MEDIA
 They showed magnificent  restraint in the bulletins. No silly reporters. Only calm reportage. Most of  all – NO POLITICIANS TRYING TO GET CHEAP MILEAGE.
 

10. THE  CONSCIENCE
 When the power went off in a  store, people put things back on the shelves and left  quietly.
 
 With their country in the midst of a  colossal disaster - The Japanese citizens can teach plenty of lessons to the  world.