They’re just kids from a small country that has no real influence in the world. But we came together–from many countries–to save them because of one universal belief: everyone’s child is MY child. Our feelings are stirred because that could be our biological child, or a relative’s, or a friend’s. At that point, nobody cares if the child lives in a nation that’s hostile to us or whose government or ideology is opposed to ours. We don’t care about the color or religion of the child. We just…care.
The Thailand cave rescue of those dozen kids and their soccer coach deeply moved me. And it reminded me that we don’t need to be at each other’s throats in this world, that we can come together. I hope that spirit lingers and spreads throughout the world.