Sabaydii my fellow Satjadham,

	I have one poem for you. I wrote it to remind us of who we are 
and what we carry with us as Satjadham members.

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Who are we?

To others,
we are known as Thao Ko, Nang Kho.
To ourselves,
we are the visionary Satjadham members.

We know
we are here in this group
not only for ourselves
but for the whole generations of Quon Lao;
past, present, and future.

We realize
the wishes and struggles of Quon Lao
are deeply in us.

We sense
our ancestors have guided us
to stand up for our rights as Quon Lao,
to bring back the once-great Lan Xang,
and to be the exemplar of what a true Lao is.

We understand
if we fail,
we doom the whole generation 
of the young Lao idealists.
But if we succeed,
we will pave the way
for the next generation to follow.

We recognize
a little step that we take,
a little blunder that we commit,
and a little plan that we carry out,
are building blocks
that add or subtract
a foundation of Laoness.

My friends,
will we disappoint the whole generation of Quon Lao?
If we have only one life to give,
won't we give it for the betterment of our people?
If we have only one dream to fulfill,
won't we fulfill it for the greatness of Muang Lao?

As Satjadham members,
we are more than we are.
Intellectual breakthrough is what we aim at,
sacrifice for the great cause is what we want to achieve,
and living out the truth is what we try to accomplish.

To others,
we might still be known as Thao Ko, Nang Kho
but to ourselves,
we know
deep down in our hearts that
what we do here
is greater than ourselves.

That's who we are,
and that's what we are going at!
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