How many of us would have had courage like this?

My latest health setback is keeping me off the computer, unfortunately. But I am still thinking of my Facebook friends and worrying about the precarious state of our world. I am sure many feel as I do—overwhelmed by the relentless drumbeat of bad news, the horror stories of genuine evil (ISIS) and shameless politicians appealing to the worst of human nature and the usual tragedies that strike us all (fires, accidents, crime, etc.). More than ever, we desperately need proof that there are still good people out there. So now and then I like to post stories that show us at our best. That seems particularly appropriate in Christmas week. Below is a link to a story of amazing courage. It occurred this week in Kenya when a bus was ambushed by terrorists with ties to ISIS. These are the same killers who attacked that school back in April, singling out Christian students for execution, and leaving over 150 young people dead. This time they demanded that the passengers leave the bus and separate the Christians from the others. Instead the passengers—about a hundred of them, mainly women—chose to put their own lives at risk by defying the killers. They gave head scarves to the Christian women, hid others on the bus, and challenged the terrorists either to kill them all or to leave them alone. They not only saved the lives of the twelve Christian women on the bus, they gave hope to the rest of us. The next time we despair of mankind’s capacity for cruelty and bigotry, I hope we can remember the courage and compassion of those Muslim women facing death on a lonely road in Kenya.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/22/africa/...