Some people suffer in peace the way others suffer in war.
The special gift of that suffering, I haved learned, is how to be strong while we are weak, how to be brave when we are afraid, how to be wise in the midst of confusion, and how to let go of that we can no longer hold. In this way, anger can teach forgiveness, hate can teach us love, and war can teach us peace. Ky La. Vietnam knows about the war. The Chinese, the Japanese and the French dominated and oppressed the land for many years. Le Ly is raped by a Viet Cong, tortured by the South Vietnamese and otherwise it seems she won' t have luck in any way.