In America we called it The Viet Nam War. In Viet Nam they call it the American War. Isn't that a matter of perspective? America's role in the war cost millions of Vietnamese lives. And yet, here I am in Viet Nam welcomed like a brother. America liberated the French in World War Two. And yet, when I have gone to France I have always felt like an unwanted intruder.
My experience of the French is that they are not a very happy people. And the Vietnamese are just the opposite. I wonder if it has anything to do with war. I wonder if it has anything to do with autonomy. I wonder if we should let people take care of themselves, both as nations and as individuals.
In my training as a therapist we are taught not to give clients answers, but give them the tools to find the answers themselves. Wouldn't the world, our country, our towns, our homes, our places of work, our schools, be much better off if we all could be more therapeutic?
My experience of the French is that they are not a very happy people. And the Vietnamese are just the opposite. I wonder if it has anything to do with war. I wonder if it has anything to do with autonomy. I wonder if we should let people take care of themselves, both as nations and as individuals.
In my training as a therapist we are taught not to give clients answers, but give them the tools to find the answers themselves. Wouldn't the world, our country, our towns, our homes, our places of work, our schools, be much better off if we all could be more therapeutic?
