Monday, December 01, 2008
The road ahead is a long winding one
i went for a walk today.
alone. near my place.
it was pleasantly quiet and peaceful.
in fact, it was rather enjoyable.
to be able to immerse myself, observing my surroundings.
with the ear phones plugged into the ears, the music symbols danced around my ears.
as i walk, i look at the people around me, the things happening around me.
it was nice. something really pleasant to do on my own.
hmm. maybe i should start going for long walks every other day.
it would do good to reduce the pace of the somewhat-hasten steps of my life ((:
however, as much as i love long walks alone, a thought struck me today.
somehow, somewhere in there, i was thinking...maybe..if only...it wouldn't be too bad if.... .....
on another note, i was watching a program on the television just now.
seeing how lucky i am, in my clean house, there are people out there, in singapore living their lives as if they are in a garbage chute.
forget the fact about my rather unkempt room, i am indeed lucky.
as i watch the program, i was thinking, there we are, sitting in front of the television, watching the host narrate the sad life of another person, we were in fact watching it for the entertainment purpose the tv brings us isn't it?
i mean, yes, we are probably aware of how poor some people in this country is. but never have the thought dawn on us that people can be that poor.
an man in his seventies with an initially happy family of 7, lost his 2 daughters after they committed suicide one after another was left with a family of 5 to support. his wife, his other daughter and his only son, all driven to brink of mental breakdown, all waiting for him to support them. how sad life can be sometimes. not only did you lose the closest people around you, you have also been forced to carry a heavy burden with you, to became a pillar of support for others, when you yourself have no one but yourself to continue with this thing called life.
my heart cries out for this poor man.
i don't know why. it's probably because of my weakness for the old, i am actually thinking of joining this group of volunteers to help the other less privileged ones in this society.
i mean thinking bout it.. how lucky are we. we are indeed lucky. not having to worry about our daily meals. there are actually people out there whose definition of "better food" means dishes with rice for 2-3 bucks. we are indeed very very fortunate. thinking bout the slum areas and squatters i saw in bangkok, the children begging on the streets, it pains my heart to seeing people living like this.
come to think of it, how cruel but true the phrase "the rich gets richer and the poor gets poorer" is. and why is the world like that? it'd probably takes me forever to figure this out so i guess, the more practical thing to do is to help the less privilege as much as i can.
share the love you have with others who have never tasted it before ((:
p/s a long entry full of thoughts. it has been a long day thinking about these issues. but i guess everyone should start thinking about how they can help others in this "survival for the fittest" society.
