a new year is just another day
Monday, January 03, 2005
A new year to start with a tragedy
and human calamity... moral calamity...
of people raping victims in Sri Lanka
of people in sumatra faking as victims to steal food aids
I dread to have the thoughts that these people are better off dead
I dread to think that it always takes a tragedy to unify a separated world
I dread to feel that world is beyond redemption
dreadful
just as i was typing this away
some extremists are planning away for the next attack
another mother grieving for her lost child in the disaster
another crime is committed
another heart is broken
I asked myself today
what have you done today that you feel proud of?
or what have you done today that you feel ashamed of?
And I thought, I wouldn't even have the chance to ask myself this
if I had chosen a different destination for holiday
and i nearly chosen a disaster area
Have a close friend who had a near death experience
she asked for a second chance before she went into coma
and she got hers
I can only tell myself
there's not a minute in life to be wasted
not a minute to dwell in self indulgence pity or sadness
but to live life like you never have a second chance
when all things fall into darkness
a shimmer of hope will appear
a singaporean man donated his life away in a land rover expedition to thailand to deliver aids to victims
donations are pouring in
volunteers are pouring in
people from across the world observe vigil for the victims
I'm steering full speed ahead
I'm a bloody utopian optimist... as my bro says
I believe in a world of hope and happiness
and I believe in pay it forward
because there's always goodness in everyone,
waiting to become that shimmer of hope in darkness
Flower from concrete jungle _ b l o g g e d _ @ 1:15 AM |
