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last nite's seminar and today's service were both good. made me reflect.
pple in east timor. or maybe not just east timor. some other third world countries. how many times do they have a sumptous meal? how many times do they actually get to have clean clothes to wear? how many times do they get to bathe? how many times do they get to have the proper medicinal help? do they even leave in houses with good sanitary conditions? NO. they dont. their living conditions are far more worse than the worse in singapore. even those lying in the streets probably are better off than them. however, the pple there are not even uttering a single complaint. they are just that simple. they are just that contented and satisfied with what they are given. they do not hope for anything more except a roof to live under and just food that can keep their stomachs full. what they have is big dreams. like this 15 yr old who dreams to earn a scholarship to jarkarta to study as a doctor and come back to east timor, his country, and heal those who need help.
look at us. we seem to always be complaining about what we have. we are always not happy with what we are given. we just wish for more. we live in a world so full of just ourselves. nobody else. selfless. we dont bother to think of just how blessed with are. we have parents caring for us, branded goods, good food. we have almost everything. yet we are still not able to see how much more fortunate we are. we waste food, we waste money on buying stuff that are expensive 'cause of the brand. we dont seem to realise that there are pple who are waiting for pple to help them realise their dreams. pple there have dreams. us. i feel so inferior to them all of a sudden. with no dream, no direction at all. it's time we all maybe..start to mark out a goal we want to achieve. we shouldn be so unmotivated anymore. get up and start doing our part and feel blessed to be a singaporean.
a little preachy. apologies.
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small&handy bible;