Comments on: Efren Peñaflorida wins CNN hero of the year http://mormonconversations.com/efren-penaflorida-wins-cnn-hero-of-the-year/ Discussions on faith, religion, Mormonism, and other important topics Wed, 14 Jul 2010 03:11:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Susan http://mormonconversations.com/efren-penaflorida-wins-cnn-hero-of-the-year/comment-page-1/#comment-9431 Susan Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:17:35 +0000 http://mormonconversations.com/?p=1239#comment-9431 I will try to publish my science fiction during my stay in the US. By the way It was written in English. :) I will try to publish my science fiction during my stay in the US. By the way It was written in English. :)

]]> By: Susan http://mormonconversations.com/efren-penaflorida-wins-cnn-hero-of-the-year/comment-page-1/#comment-9430 Susan Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:40:57 +0000 http://mormonconversations.com/?p=1239#comment-9430 Thank you very much, Margaret. I with the other schoolmates represent Kuwait in the Chicago MUN, and my committee is LAS (League of Arab States). I believe I can win the debate about climate change, because I get some amazing truths that most of the others may not know. I've got them from a book called Unstoppable Global Warming: Every 1500 Years. :) By the way, does LAS deal with issues about climate change? My lead asked me what issue I wanted to choose and the committee would be allocated according our choices. But I am not sure whether it really deals with this issue. Besides the MUN in Chicago, I will also travel to Boston, Newhaven, Washington DC and New York. Best wishes and many thanks to you! Susan Thank you very much, Margaret.

I with the other schoolmates represent Kuwait in the Chicago MUN, and my committee is LAS (League of Arab States). I believe I can win the debate about climate change, because I get some amazing truths that most of the others may not know. I’ve got them from a book called Unstoppable Global Warming: Every 1500 Years. :)

By the way, does LAS deal with issues about climate change? My lead asked me what issue I wanted to choose and the committee would be allocated according our choices. But I am not sure whether it really deals with this issue.

Besides the MUN in Chicago, I will also travel to Boston, Newhaven, Washington DC and New York.

Best wishes and many thanks to you!

Susan

]]> By: Margaret http://mormonconversations.com/efren-penaflorida-wins-cnn-hero-of-the-year/comment-page-1/#comment-9426 Margaret Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:27:10 +0000 http://mormonconversations.com/?p=1239#comment-9426 Congratulations, Susan! Much success to you. Have a safe and wonderful trip!! Congratulations, Susan! Much success to you. Have a safe and wonderful trip!!

]]> By: Susan http://mormonconversations.com/efren-penaflorida-wins-cnn-hero-of-the-year/comment-page-1/#comment-9421 Susan Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:58:55 +0000 http://mormonconversations.com/?p=1239#comment-9421 I said today, it means Dec. 10. I didn't realize the time difference... Wish me success in the Model United Nations Conference! :) I said today, it means Dec. 10. I didn’t realize the time difference…
Wish me success in the Model United Nations Conference! :)

]]> By: Susan http://mormonconversations.com/efren-penaflorida-wins-cnn-hero-of-the-year/comment-page-1/#comment-9420 Susan Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:53:02 +0000 http://mormonconversations.com/?p=1239#comment-9420 I've got it, Rusty and Margaret. Thank you both. I with my schoolmates went to American consulate today to apply for the visa. A boy and I were interviewed together and we succeeded. He just asked us which country we represent and whether we've got relatives or friends in America. We said 'Kuwait' and 'No'. Afterwards the interviewer said 'OK, you guys are fine.' So this was it. I succeeded. He just asked us two questions, but actually I wanted to talk with him more. I prepared all the needed materials well but he didn't check them. I was glad that he gave us enough trust. But in fact I'd like him to see our family photos in which there is my father. Some American embassadors know my father because the connection between American consulate and Dissemination of Science and Art College, Chengdu University of Technology where my father works. Every year on America's National Day, they invite my father to attend their party. I'll try to get the opportunity to attend their party together with my father next July, and I hope to see that interviewer who questioned the boy and me. I think he's really, really kind! Life is colorful, I see that! God bless us all! Susan I’ve got it, Rusty and Margaret. Thank you both.

I with my schoolmates went to American consulate today to apply for the visa. A boy and I were interviewed together and we succeeded. He just asked us which country we represent and whether we’ve got relatives or friends in America. We said ‘Kuwait’ and ‘No’. Afterwards the interviewer said ‘OK, you guys are fine.’ So this was it. I succeeded.

He just asked us two questions, but actually I wanted to talk with him more. I prepared all the needed materials well but he didn’t check them. I was glad that he gave us enough trust. But in fact I’d like him to see our family photos in which there is my father. Some American embassadors know my father because the connection between American consulate and Dissemination of Science and Art College, Chengdu University of Technology where my father works. Every year on America’s National Day, they invite my father to attend their party.

I’ll try to get the opportunity to attend their party together with my father next July, and I hope to see that interviewer who questioned the boy and me. I think he’s really, really kind!

Life is colorful, I see that! God bless us all!

Susan

]]> By: Rusty Lindquist http://mormonconversations.com/efren-penaflorida-wins-cnn-hero-of-the-year/comment-page-1/#comment-9401 Rusty Lindquist Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:29:26 +0000 http://mormonconversations.com/?p=1239#comment-9401 I see the logic, and appreciate your point. In my opinion, however, the heroes we know and learn about should still be recognized and celebrated, and we should not begrudge them their resulting reward, which is why I so enjoy highlighting them here on my blog. You're right, that once a hero is acknowledged, things change for him or her, and sometimes that can be good, and sometimes that can be bad. But there are no fewer opportunities for the rest of us, rather the heros we find give us more opportunities. Opportunities to learn from their example, to be motivated by their works, so that we too, can make our lives great. I see the logic, and appreciate your point. In my opinion, however, the heroes we know and learn about should still be recognized and celebrated, and we should not begrudge them their resulting reward, which is why I so enjoy highlighting them here on my blog. You’re right, that once a hero is acknowledged, things change for him or her, and sometimes that can be good, and sometimes that can be bad. But there are no fewer opportunities for the rest of us, rather the heros we find give us more opportunities. Opportunities to learn from their example, to be motivated by their works, so that we too, can make our lives great.

]]> By: Margaret http://mormonconversations.com/efren-penaflorida-wins-cnn-hero-of-the-year/comment-page-1/#comment-9376 Margaret Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:59:59 +0000 http://mormonconversations.com/?p=1239#comment-9376 Yes, Susan, a famous hero most probably will get more opportunities, but not all opportunities are good. I have faith that each of us receives the opportunities we need to become all that Heavenly Father wants us to be. We all have the opportunity to do good every day. Our job is to take advantage of those opportunities even if there is no praise or recognition. Heavenly Father knows our hearts. ;o) Yes, Susan, a famous hero most probably will get more opportunities, but not all opportunities are good. I have faith that each of us receives the opportunities we need to become all that Heavenly Father wants us to be. We all have the opportunity to do good every day. Our job is to take advantage of those opportunities even if there is no praise or recognition. Heavenly Father knows our hearts. ;o)

]]> By: Susan http://mormonconversations.com/efren-penaflorida-wins-cnn-hero-of-the-year/comment-page-1/#comment-9352 Susan Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:14:35 +0000 http://mormonconversations.com/?p=1239#comment-9352 Thank you. Yes, I agree to recognize the heroes and learn from them. However, if a hero becomes famous, he may get more opportunies in life than the unknown ones do. But it doesn't matter, as long as the human beings are still marching forward. The human race is a whole. :) Thank you.

Yes, I agree to recognize the heroes and learn from them. However, if a hero becomes famous, he may get more opportunies in life than the unknown ones do.

But it doesn’t matter, as long as the human beings are still marching forward. The human race is a whole. :)

]]> By: Margaret http://mormonconversations.com/efren-penaflorida-wins-cnn-hero-of-the-year/comment-page-1/#comment-9345 Margaret Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:51:38 +0000 http://mormonconversations.com/?p=1239#comment-9345 There are so many unsung heroes in this world. It isn't fame and recognition that makes a hero. It is the deeds. The ones who gain recognition can inspire the rest of us to try harder and be better, even if no one ever knows what we are doing. We often learn of heroes who would much rather be anonymous and really don't want to be in the spotlight. Mother Theresa comes to mind. Yet, how many people have been inspired by her? Recognizing some of them helps all of us. There are so many unsung heroes in this world. It isn’t fame and recognition that makes a hero. It is the deeds. The ones who gain recognition can inspire the rest of us to try harder and be better, even if no one ever knows what we are doing. We often learn of heroes who would much rather be anonymous and really don’t want to be in the spotlight. Mother Theresa comes to mind. Yet, how many people have been inspired by her? Recognizing some of them helps all of us.

]]> By: Susan Saviour http://mormonconversations.com/efren-penaflorida-wins-cnn-hero-of-the-year/comment-page-1/#comment-9341 Susan Saviour Thu, 03 Dec 2009 03:56:55 +0000 http://mormonconversations.com/?p=1239#comment-9341 Hi Rusty, Good job! Recently I've untied a knot in my heart once again. Efren Peñaflorida is an inspiration to us all. This world needs heroes to devote their power. Everyone needs loving and caring for. However, in my opinion, there is one contradiction. Once a hero becomes famous, he must get more opportunities than others, so that sometimes means some other people who are also potential to save the world may be burried in the sea of humans and remain obscure for all their lives! Not only heroes, it is the same with masters. Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawking, they are also somewhat accidental. Without them, some other people might discover such theories and principles too. Thereby, now I really understand what the sentence 'There's no absolute justice' means. Perhaps we shouldn't regard everything on every individual, but watch the human beings as a whole. As long as the human race is mainly marching forward, not backward, that is OK, no matter who are developing their power. Maybe one's burried, but he can benefit from the lucky guy's new discoveries, new inventions, or his charitable work too. :) The burried one can but not get the opportunity to do a great thing, maybe another one can. I've stopped envying the accidental examples (actually nobody's achievement's not accidental, including my sci-fi. Without me, someone else can write it too!). Our mutual goal is to get the whole human beings getting better and better, not every individual to get fame, claps and flowers! We only need to guarantee that every individual leads a happy life and has a good ending, that's all. :) Best wishes from Chengdu China, Susan Hi Rusty,

Good job!

Recently I’ve untied a knot in my heart once again.

Efren Peñaflorida is an inspiration to us all. This world needs heroes to devote their power. Everyone needs loving and caring for.

However, in my opinion, there is one contradiction. Once a hero becomes famous, he must get more opportunities than others, so that sometimes means some other people who are also potential to save the world may be burried in the sea of humans and remain obscure for all their lives!

Not only heroes, it is the same with masters. Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawking, they are also somewhat accidental. Without them, some other people might discover such theories and principles too.

Thereby, now I really understand what the sentence ‘There’s no absolute justice’ means. Perhaps we shouldn’t regard everything on every individual, but watch the human beings as a whole. As long as the human race is mainly marching forward, not backward, that is OK, no matter who are developing their power.

Maybe one’s burried, but he can benefit from the lucky guy’s new discoveries, new inventions, or his charitable work too. :) The burried one can but not get the opportunity to do a great thing, maybe another one can. I’ve stopped envying the accidental examples (actually nobody’s achievement’s not accidental, including my sci-fi. Without me, someone else can write it too!). Our mutual goal is to get the whole human beings getting better and better, not every individual to get fame, claps and flowers!

We only need to guarantee that every individual leads a happy life and has a good ending, that’s all. :)

Best wishes from Chengdu China,

Susan

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