“During the two hours of game time, I live in another world. I forget about the car bombs and feel human again, and what is more beautiful is that the team includes all sects. They are all Iraqis to us and they make me feel we are united again.”
These were the words of Nawfal Hameed, an ordinary Iraqi, which was carried in a report published in the New Straits Times on July 23. He was talking about the Iraqi national team’s progress in the Asian Cup.
Feel human again. Ordinary Iraqis like Nawfal must live in fear each moment, not knowing when the next car bomb will tear their bodies, or that of their loved ones, into pieces.
In Malaysia, we often take issues of peace and security for granted, while there are many in other parts of the world who do not know if they’ll live to see the next dawn.
“Nothing is more precious than peace,” SGI President Ikeda writes in his epic work (still unfinished), The New Human Revolution. It is only with peace that we can develop our highest potential, when we can be truly human.
I believe that the Merdeka 50 performance can show the nation how important true peace is. All of you performers and support groups are noble angels of peace who can illuminate the path of peace for society. I believe that as we challenge the difficulties that lie ahead, we will all grow in character. We will all grow in stature. Good fortune will adorn our lives.
“Where there is unseen virtue, there will be visible reward.” – Nichiren Daishonin
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