One More Year

The news came out tonight that Aung San Suu Kyi’s house arrest has been extended by another year. I'm angry and disappointed and frustrated and sad all at once:

… thinking of this amazingly smart and spiritual and powerful woman, who means so much to so many people, but who is stuck in a house all by herself.

… wondering how long we will keep calling her detention “house arrest” when, even in jail, one is allowed to receive visitors.

… questioning when the time is going to come for the Burmese, and for the Tibetans too.

… hoping that we all have enough passion to keep fighting.