Monday, September 11, 2006

On 9-11

I've seen this quote attributed to Confucius. I thought it was appropriate for today.

To put a World in order: we need to put the nations in order.

To put a Nation in order: we need to put the government in order.

To put a Government in order: we need to put the state in order.

To have a State in order: we need to put the community in order.

To have a Community in order: we need to put the society in order.

To have a Society in order: we need to put the family in order.

To have a Family in order: we need to put the family members in order.

To have the Family members in order: we need to put ourselves in order.

To put ourselves in order: we need to put oneself in order.