{"id":67362,"date":"2021-01-22T15:34:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-22T15:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/damau.org\/?p=67362"},"modified":"2022-02-26T21:18:16","modified_gmt":"2022-02-26T21:18:16","slug":"ngon-doi-ta-leo-the-hill-we-climb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/damau.org\/en\/67362\/ngon-doi-ta-leo-the-hill-we-climb","title":{"rendered":"Ng\u1ecdn \u0110\u1ed3i Ta Leo\/ The Hill We Climb"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Khi ng\u00e0y \u0111\u1ebfn ch\u00fang ta t\u1ef1 h\u1ecfi, t\u00ecm \u0111\u00e2u \u00e1nh s\u00e1ng sau \u0111\u1eb1ng \u0111\u1eb5ng \u0111\u00eam th\u00e2u? M\u1ea5t m\u00e1t n\u00e0o ta \u0111\u00e3 c\u01b0u mang, bi\u1ec3n s\u00e2u n\u00e0o ch\u00fang ta ph\u1ea3i l\u1ed9i. T\u1eeb b\u1ee5ng qu\u00e1i th\u00fa ta can tr\u01b0\u1eddng b\u01b0\u1edbc t\u1edbi, c\u00f9ng b\u00e0i h\u1ecdc y\u00ean l\u1eb7ng kh\u00f4ng \u0111\u1ed3ng ngh\u0129a v\u1edbi y\u00ean l\u00e0nh. Trong \u00fd h\u1ec7 v\u00e0 trong \u01b0\u1edbc l\u1ec7, c\u00f4ng b\u1eb1ng ch\u1eafc chi \u0111\u00e3 l\u00e0 c\u00f4ng l\u00fd.<\/p>\n

Nh\u01b0ng tr\u01b0\u1edbc khi ta k\u1ecbp nh\u1eadn ra, th\u00ec b\u00ecnh minh c\u1ee7a m\u00ecnh \u0111\u00e3 \u0111\u1ebfn. B\u1eb1ng c\u00e1ch n\u00e0o \u0111\u00f3, ta \u0111\u00e3 l\u00e0m \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c vi\u1ec7c. B\u1eb1ng c\u00e1ch n\u00e0o \u0111\u00f3, ta \u0111\u00e3 v\u01b0\u1ee3t qua v\u00e0 ch\u1ee9ng ki\u1ebfn m\u1ed9t c\u01b0\u1eddng qu\u1ed1c kh\u00f4ng \u0111\u1ed5 v\u1ee1, ch\u1ec9 \u0111\u01a1n thu\u1ea7n ch\u01b0a ho\u00e0n thi\u1ec7n. Ch\u00fang ta l\u00e0 h\u1eadu du\u1ec7 m\u1ed9t d\u00e2n t\u1ed9c v\u00e0o th\u1eddi \u0111i\u1ec3m c\u00f3 \u0111\u1ee9a b\u00e9 g\u00e1i g\u1ea7y g\u00f2 da \u0110en, t\u1ed5 ti\u00ean n\u00f4 l\u1ec7, l\u1edbn nh\u1edd m\u1eb9 \u0111\u01a1n th\u00e2n, d\u00e1m m\u01a1 l\u00e0m t\u1ed5ng th\u1ed1ng tuy ch\u1ec9 \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c m\u1eddi \u0111\u1ecdc th\u01a1 t\u1eb7ng ng\u00e0i.<\/p>\n

Th\u01b0a v\u00e2ng, d\u00f9 ch\u00fang ta c\u00f2n r\u1ea5t xa l\u1ecbch l\u00e3m, v\u00e0 nguy\u00ean trinh th\u00ec ch\u1eb3ng d\u00e1m l\u1ea1m b\u00e0n, nh\u01b0ng kh\u00f4ng c\u00f3 ngh\u0129a ch\u00fang ta mu\u1ed1n d\u1ef1ng n\u00ean m\u1ed9t \u0111\u1ebf ch\u1ebf v\u1ea1n to\u00e0n. Ta ch\u1ec9 mu\u1ed1n t\u00f4i luy\u1ec7n m\u1ed9t li\u00ean minh c\u00f3 ch\u1ee7 \u0111\u00edch, tr\u01b0\u1edbc t\u00e1c m\u1ed9t ch\u00ednh quy\u1ec1n bi\u1ebft t\u00f4n tr\u1ecdng m\u1ecdi v\u0103n ho\u00e1, m\u00e0u da, nh\u00e2n c\u00e1ch v\u00e0 nh\u00e2n ph\u1eadn.<\/p>\n

Ta ng\u01b0\u1edbc d\u00f2m, kh\u00f4ng ph\u1ea3i \u0111\u1ec3 xem \u0111i\u1ec1u g\u00ec \u0111ang xen v\u00e0o gi\u1eefa ch\u00fang ta, m\u00e0 nh\u1eefng g\u00ec \u0111ang l\u1eebng l\u1eefng \u0111\u1ee9ng tr\u01b0\u1edbc. Ta san l\u1ea5p h\u1ed1 chia r\u1ebd v\u00ec bi\u1ebft r\u01b0\u1edbc t\u01b0\u01a1ng lai \u0111\u1eb7t l\u00ean tr\u00ean v\u00e0 b\u1ecf d\u1ecb bi\u1ec7t sang m\u1ed9t b\u00ean. Bi\u1ebft \u0111\u1eb7t s\u00fang xu\u1ed1ng \u0111\u1ec3 n\u1ed1i r\u1ed9ng v\u00f2ng tay, v\u00ec ta n\u00e0o mu\u1ed1n h\u00e3m h\u1ea1i m\u1ed9t ai, ch\u1ec9 mu\u1ed1n \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c h\u00e0i ho\u00e0 c\u00f9ng t\u1ea5t c\u1ea3. \u0110\u1ec3 th\u1ebf gi\u1edbi, n\u1ebfu kh\u00f4ng c\u00f2n g\u00ec n\u1eefa, ph\u1ea3i c\u00f4ng nh\u1eadn \u0111\u00e2y s\u1ef1 th\u1eadt hi\u1ec3n nhi\u00ean: b\u1eb1ng n\u01b0\u1edbc m\u1eaft ta kh\u00f4n l\u1edbn; trong \u0111au \u0111\u1edbn ta hy v\u1ecdng; d\u00f9 m\u1ecfi nh\u1ecdc ta lu\u00f4n c\u1ed1 g\u1eafng; g\u1eafn li\u1ec1n v\u1edbi nhau ta s\u1ebd chi\u1ebfn th\u1eafng. Ch\u1eb3ng b\u1edfi ta b\u1ea5t kh\u1ea3 th\u1ea5t tr\u1eadn, m\u00e0 v\u00ec s\u1ebd kh\u00f4ng chia r\u1ebd gieo m\u1ea7m.<\/p>\n

Kinh th\u01b0 n\u00f3i ta n\u00ean t\u01b0\u1edfng t\u01b0\u1ee3ng c\u1ea3nh m\u1ecdi ng\u01b0\u1eddi d\u01b0\u1ee1ng s\u1ee9c ngh\u1ec9 ng\u01a1i d\u01b0\u1edbi gi\u00e0n nho v\u00e0 t\u00e1n sung c\u1ee7a h\u1ecd, kh\u00f4ng ai s\u1ebd khi\u1ebfn ai ph\u1ea3i lo s\u1ee3. Th\u1eddi \u0111\u1ea1i n\u00e0y, n\u1ebfu ta bi\u1ebft \u0103n \u1edf \u0111\u00fang theo nh\u01b0 nhi\u1ec7m ch\u1ee9c c\u1ee7a m\u00ecnh, thanh g\u01b0\u01a1m s\u1ebd kh\u00f4ng mang l\u1ea1i quang vinh b\u1eb1ng nh\u1eefng nh\u1ecbp c\u1ea7u tay ta x\u00e2y d\u1ef1ng. \u0110\u00f3 ch\u00ednh l\u00e0 l\u1eddi nguy\u1ec7n th\u1ec1 c\u1ee7a tr\u1ea3ng, ng\u1ecdn \u0111\u1ed3i ta leo ch\u1eb3ng bi\u1ebft s\u1ee3 chi b\u1edfi khi \u0111\u00e3 \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c l\u00e0m con d\u00e2n M\u1ef9, n\u00e0o ch\u1ec9 v\u00ec ni\u1ec1m ki\u00eau h\u00e3nh k\u1ebf th\u1eeba m\u00e0 c\u00f2n v\u00ec do qu\u00e1 kh\u1ee9 \u0111\u1ea9y \u0111\u01b0a, ta ph\u1ea3i \u0111\u00e0o chuy\u1ec7n ng\u00e0y x\u01b0a l\u00ean s\u1eeda. Ch\u00fang ta v\u1eeba ch\u1ee9ng ki\u1ebfn m\u1ed9t th\u1ebf l\u1ef1c n\u1eefa mu\u1ed1n r\u1ebd chia thay v\u00ec mu\u1ed1n s\u1ebb chia \u0111\u1ea5t n\u01b0\u1edbc nh\u00e0, th\u00e0 ph\u00e1 hu\u1ef7 qu\u1ed1c gia h\u00f2ng tr\u00ec ho\u00e3n m\u1ed9t ti\u1ebfn tr\u00ecnh d\u00e2n ch\u1ee7. Su\u00fdt t\u00ed n\u1eefa b\u1ecdn th\u00fa \u0111\u00e3 th\u00e0nh c\u00f4ng.<\/p>\n

Nh\u01b0ng d\u00e2n ch\u1ee7 d\u00f9 \u0111\u00f4i khi \u0111\u00ecnh tr\u1ec7, kh\u00f4ng bao gi\u1edd ch\u1ecbu v\u0129nh vi\u1ec5n thua ai. Ch\u00fang ta s\u1ebd c\u1eady tr\u00f4ng v\u00e0o s\u1ef1 th\u1eadt, v\u00e0 ni\u1ec1m tin, \u0111\u1ec3 nh\u00ecn su\u1ed1t t\u01b0\u01a1ng lai nh\u01b0 ta s\u1ebd \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c h\u00e0i b\u1eb1ng l\u1ecbch s\u1eed. \u0110\u00e3 \u0111\u1ebfn th\u1eddi c\u1ee7a c\u00f4ng b\u00ecnh c\u1ee9u chu\u1ed9c. Ta s\u1ee3 run khi n\u00f3 m\u1edbi kh\u1edfi \u0111\u1ea7u. Ta \u0111\u00e3 kh\u00f4ng chu\u1ea9n b\u1ecb \u0111\u1ec3 ti\u1ebfp thu nh\u1eefng gi\u00e2y ph\u00fat kinh ho\u00e0ng ch\u01b0a t\u1eebng th\u1ea5y. Nh\u01b0ng t\u1eeb trong kho\u1ea3nh kh\u1eafc sinh t\u1eed \u1ea5y ta \u0111\u00e3 t\u00ecm ra s\u1ee9c m\u1ea1nh v\u00f4 bi\u00ean, v\u00e0 m\u1ed9t trang s\u1eed m\u1edbi ta \u0111\u00e3 l\u1eadp n\u00ean \u0111\u1ec3 t\u1eb7ng nhau ti\u1ebfng c\u01b0\u1eddi v\u00e0 hy v\u1ecdng.<\/p>\n

V\u00e0 n\u1ebfu nh\u01b0 ta c\u00f3 l\u1ea7n h\u1ecfi g\u1eb7ng: \u201cL\u00e0m th\u1ebf n\u00e0o \u0111\u1ec3 ch\u1ed1ng l\u1ea1i tai \u01b0\u01a1ng?\u201d Th\u00ec gi\u1edd \u0111\u00e2y ta kh\u1eb3ng \u0111\u1ecbnh ki\u00ean c\u01b0\u1eddng: \u201cTai \u01b0\u01a1ng \u0111\u00e1nh b\u1ea1i ta l\u00e0m sao n\u1ed5i?\u201d<\/p>\n

Ta s\u1ebd kh\u00f4ng quay tr\u1edf v\u1ec1 ch\u1ed1n c\u0169 m\u00e0 s\u1ebd \u0111i \u0111\u1ebfn v\u00f9ng \u0111\u1ea5t t\u01b0\u01a1ng lai: m\u1ed9t qu\u1ed1c gia b\u1ea7m d\u1eadp, v\u1eb9n h\u00ecnh h\u00e0i; m\u1ed9t \u0111\u1ea5t n\u01b0\u1edbc h\u00f9ng oai nh\u01b0ng \u0111\u1ee9c h\u1ea1nh; m\u1ed9t d\u00e2n t\u1ed9c t\u1ef1 do v\u00e0 d\u0169ng m\u00e3nh. Ta s\u1ebd kh\u00f4ng \u0111\u1ec3 cho ai h\u0103m do\u1ea1 khi\u1ebfn ta ph\u1ea3i quay \u0111\u1ea7u ho\u1eb7c tho\u00e1i lui, b\u1edfi v\u00ec n\u1ebfu ta do d\u1ef1 \u0111\u1eafn \u0111o, th\u1ebf h\u1ec7 sau s\u1ebd nghi\u1ec7p duy\u00ean l\u00e3nh \u0111\u1ee7. L\u1ed7i c\u1ee7a ta s\u1ebd l\u00e0 c\u00e1i \u00e1ch c\u1ee7a ch\u00fang. Nh\u01b0ng c\u00f3 \u0111i\u1ec1u: n\u1ebfu k\u1ebft h\u1ee3p t\u1eeb bi c\u00f9ng s\u1ee9c m\u1ea1nh v\u00e0 l\u1ebd ph\u1ea3i ta \u0111i, th\u00ec di s\u1ea3n ch\u00fang t\u1eeb ta ti\u1ebfp n\u1ed1i s\u1ebd l\u00e0 t\u00ecnh y\u00eau ho\u00e1n \u0111\u1ed5i quy\u1ec1n b\u1ea9m sinh.<\/p>\n

H\u00e3y \u0111\u1ec3 l\u1ea1i m\u1ed9t \u0111\u1ea5t n\u01b0\u1edbc \u0111\u1eb9p xinh h\u01a1n khi ta r\u1eddi v\u1edbi m\u1ed7i h\u01a1i ta th\u1edf. T\u1eeb b\u1ea7u ng\u1ef1c b\u1eb1ng \u0111\u1ed3ng tay ta v\u1ed7, h\u00e3y d\u01b0\u1ee1ng nu\u00f4i m\u1ed9t th\u1ebf gi\u1edbi t\u1ed5n th\u01b0\u01a1ng \u0111\u1ec3 s\u1ea3n sanh nh\u1eefng th\u1ebf h\u1ec7 c\u1ee7a t\u00ecnh th\u01b0\u01a1ng. Ta s\u1ebd tr\u1ed7i d\u1eady t\u1eeb vi\u1ec5n T\u00e2y n\u00fai \u0111\u1ed3i v\u00e0ng \u00f3ng. S\u1ebd tr\u1ed7i d\u1eady t\u1eeb \u0110\u00f4ng B\u1eafc gi\u00f3 l\u1ed9ng, n\u01a1i cha \u00f4ng t\u1eebng c\u00e1ch m\u1ea1ng kh\u1edfi c\u01a1n. T\u1eeb nh\u1eefng th\u00e0nh ph\u1ed1 Trung T\u00e2y v\u00e2y quanh \u0111\u1ea1i h\u1ed3, t\u1eeb mi\u1ec1n Nam n\u1eafng nung ta s\u1ebd tr\u1ed7i d\u1eady. Ta s\u1ebd x\u00e2y d\u1ef1ng l\u1ea1i, ho\u00e0 h\u1ee3p l\u1ea1i, \u0111i t\u00ecm l\u1ea1i trong m\u1ecdi ng\u00f5 ng\u00e1ch, m\u1ecdi g\u00f3c khu\u1ea5t c\u1ee7a m\u1ea3nh \u0111\u1ea5t g\u1ecdi l\u00e0 qu\u00ea h\u01b0\u01a1ng, nh\u1eefng con ng\u01b0\u1eddi \u0111a d\u1ea1ng v\u00e0 \u0111\u1eb9p \u0111\u1ebd s\u1ebd hi\u1ec7n nguy\u00ean h\u00ecnh \u0111\u1ea7y v\u1ebft th\u01b0\u01a1ng nh\u01b0ng \u0111\u1eb9p \u0111\u1ebd.<\/p>\n

Khi ng\u00e0y \u0111\u1ebfn, t\u1eeb b\u00f3ng t\u1ed1i b\u01b0\u1edbc ra, ta h\u1ef1c l\u1eeda v\u00e0 kh\u00f4ng h\u1ec1 khi\u1ebfp s\u1ee3. B\u00ecnh minh m\u1edbi n\u1edf nh\u1edd ta tr\u1ea3 t\u1ef1 do, v\u00ec \u00e1nh s\u00e1ng v\u1eabn lu\u00f4n lu\u00f4n c\u00f2n \u0111\u00f3. N\u1ebfu ta \u0111\u1ee7 can \u0111\u1ea3m \u0111\u1ec3 nh\u00ecn n\u00f3. N\u1ebfu ta \u0111\u1ee7 d\u0169ng c\u1ea3m \u0111\u1ec3 l\u00e0 n\u00f3.<\/p>\n

oOo<\/p>\n

When day comes we ask ourselves, where can we find light in this never-ending shade? The loss we carry, a sea we must wade. We\u2019ve braved the belly of the beast.  We\u2019ve learned that quiet isn\u2019t always peace. In the norms and notions of what just is isn\u2019t always justice.<\/p>\n

And yet, the dawn is ours before we knew it. Somehow, we do it. Somehow, we\u2019ve weathered and witnessed a nation that isn\u2019t broken but simply unfinished. We, the successors of a country and a time where a skinny Black girl descended from slaves and raised by a single mother can dream of becoming president only to find herself reciting for one.<\/p>\n

And yes, we are far from polished, far from pristine, but that doesn\u2019t mean we are striving to form a union that is perfect. We are striving to forge a union with purpose, to compose a country committed to all cultures, colors, characters and conditions of man.<\/p>\n

And so, we lift our gazes not to what stands between us, but what stands before us. We close the divide because we know to put our future first, we must first put our differences aside. We lay down our arms so we can reach out our arms to one another, we seek harm to none and harmony for all. Let the globe, if nothing else, say this is true: That even as we grieved, we grew; that even as we hurt, we hoped; that even as we tired, we tried; that we\u2019ll forever be tied together victorious. Not because we will never again know defeat, but because we will never again sow division.<\/p>\n

Scripture tells us to envision that everyone shall sit under their own vine and fig tree and no one should make them afraid. If we\u2019re to live up to our own time, then victory won\u2019t lie in the blade, but in in all of the bridges we\u2019ve made. That is the promise to glade, the hill we climb if only we dare it. Because being American is more than a pride we inherit; it\u2019s the past we step into and how we repair it. We\u2019ve seen a force that would shatter our nation rather than share it, that would destroy our country if it meant delaying democracy. And this effort very nearly succeeded.<\/p>\n

But while democracy can periodically be delayed, it can never be permanently defeated. In this truth, in this faith we trust, for while we have our eyes on the future, history has its eyes on us. This is the era of just redemption. We feared in its inception. We did not feel prepared to be the heirs of such a terrifying hour, but within it, we found the power to author a new chapter, to offer hope and laughter to ourselves.<\/p>\n

So while once we asked: \u201cHow can we possibly prevail over catastrophe?\u201d Now we assert: \u201cHow could catastrophe possibly prevail over us?\u201d<\/p>\n

We will not march back to what was but move to what shall be: a country that is bruised, but whole; benevolent, but bold; fierce and free. We will not be turned around or interrupted by intimidation, because we know our inaction and inertia will be the inheritance of the next generation. Our blunders become their burden. But one thing is certain: if we merge mercy with might and might with right, then love becomes our legacy and change our children\u2019s birthright.<\/p>\n

So let us leave behind a country better than the one we were left. With every breath from my bronze, pounded chest, we will raise this wounded world into a wondrous one. We will rise from the golden hills of the West. We will rise from the windswept Northeast where our forefathers first realized revolution. We will rise from the lake-rimmed cities of the Midwestern states. We will rise from the sunbaked South. We will rebuild, reconcile, and recover in every known nook of our nation, in every corner called our country, our people diverse and beautiful will emerge battered and beautiful. When day comes we step out of the shade aflame and unafraid.<\/p>\n

The new dawn blooms as we free it. For there is always light. If only we\u2019re brave enough to see it. If only we\u2019re brave enough to be it.<\/p>\n

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Ngu\u1ed3n: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bilinguist\/photos\/a.1384933738472777\/2086712234961587<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Th\u01b0a v\u00e2ng, d\u00f9 ch\u00fang ta c\u00f2n r\u1ea5t xa l\u1ecbch l\u00e3m, v\u00e0 nguy\u00ean trinh th\u00ec ch\u1eb3ng d\u00e1m l\u1ea1m b\u00e0n, nh\u01b0ng kh\u00f4ng c\u00f3 ngh\u0129a ch\u00fang ta mu\u1ed1n d\u1ef1ng n\u00ean m\u1ed9t \u0111\u1ebf ch\u1ebf v\u1ea1n to\u00e0n. <\/p>\n

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