Following the execution of Japanese journalist Kenji Goto at the hands of ISIS this past weekend, a Tweet he sent out four years ago has gone viral. It contains a powerful message which is even more profound now considering the fate he met:

目を閉じて、じっと我慢。怒ったら、怒鳴ったら、終わり。それは祈りに近い。憎むは人の業にあらず、裁きは神の領域。－そう教えてくれたのはアラブの兄弟たちだった。

– 後藤健二 (@kenjigotoip) September 7, 2010

Translation:

Closing my eyes and holding still. It’s the end if I get mad or scream. It’s close to a prayer. Hate is not for humans. Judgment lies with God. That’s what I learned from my Arabic brothers and sisters.

Goto’s friend Toshi Maeda confirmed that the account belonged to him. In other Tweets, Kenji wrote of his love for French wine, complained of tiredness and linked to clips of himself reporting live from Syria. Just a regular guy who wanted to see the world first-hand and report on its beauty and atrocities to the rest of Japan.

R.I.P. dude.

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