There is a story which is not being told strongly enough of the Afghan employees of the UN inside the country who are saving hundreds of thousands of lives everyday by their bravery and nobody talks of them.
Interpretation
The quote highlights the bravery of Afghan UN employees who risk their lives to save others, emphasizing their unrecognized contributions.
Lakhdar Brahimi's quote sheds light on the often-overlooked heroic efforts of Afghan employees working for the United Nations. These individuals perform courageous acts daily, risking their safety to save countless lives, yet their stories remain largely untold in the media. By bringing attention to their bravery, Brahimi calls for recognition and appreciation of these unsung heroes who embody resilience and dedication in the face of adversity.
In practice
During a speech about humanitarian efforts, this quote can be used to highlight underrecognized contributions of local workers.
You are dealing with people who have taken the responsibility of killing their own because they think that they are right, they think that they are serving the interests of their people. They not going to give that up easily, just because you've shown up.
Fearlessness is like a muscle. I know from my own life that the more I exercise it the more natural it becomes to not let my fears run me.
Even if our motives are presently misunderstood. We will reach the goal of freedom in Birmingham and all over the nation, because the goal of America is freedom.
Who knows if the one whose hands are bloodied with Father Grande's murder, or the one who shot Father Navarro, if those who have killed, who have tortured, who have done so much evil, are listening to me? Listen, there in your criminal hideout, perhaps already repentant, you too are called to forgiveness.
Each day befriend a single fear, and the miscellaneous terrors of being human will never join together to form such a morass of vague anxiety that it rules your life from the shadows of the unconscious. We learn to fly not by being fearless, but by the daily practice of courage.
Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.
Homophobia and the closet are allies. Like an unhealthy co-dependent relationship they need each other to survive. One plays the victim living in fear and shame while the other plays the persecutor policing what is ‘normal’. The only way to dismantle homophobia is for every gay man and lesbian in the world to come out and live authentic lives. Once they realise how normal we are and see themselves in us….the controversy is over.
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