Best Wishes: Vol I

"I wish to kill Joseph Kony [leader of the Ugandan guerila group The Lor's Resistance Army] and all his supporters. They killed all my relatives and cut off my mother's mouth, ears, nose and fingers. I wish I could get him. I would kill him twice."
-- AJOK, 32, Teacher, Gulu, Uganda.

"I Wish that all the people in the world would understand that money can be printed, but family and friends cannot."
-- KALLE ISOKALLIO, 57, Businessman and Writer, Espoo, Finland.

"I Wish for peace in my own house."
-- LELA OLIVEIRA, 39, Occupational Therapist, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

"Papa beats me when I do something wrong. I wish he were more kind."
-- JUBEL TAMANG, 5, Student, Kathmandu, Nepal.

"I want to have inner peace in order to avoid jealousy."
-- FARAHNAZ MOVAHEDZADEH, 45, Researcher, London, UK.

Fonte: Colors Magazine, nº 66, Inverno 2005/06.

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