We watch in awe the people of Japan these past weeks. It appears that the faith or philosophy practiced in Japan is less ego-centric, and more other-centered than we are used to. WE are not the center of the world. We are only a part of a great whole. Perhaps this is why we see no looting, and while waiting for their allotment of water, food or other distributions from human service agencies – the Japanese actually stay within serpentine-like chalk-drawn lines on the pavement. Nothing is forcing them to be civil. They just are – even amidst the heartache they are feeling.