Early Christmas thoughts
Today, as I was thinking of what I should post on the blog, I was mentally preparing a tirade against restaurants which don't serve complementary ice water (and I don't mean the ones that try to fool you into ordering "sparkling water")....then as I was surfing the Net, I came to one of my favourite sites at Oprah.com (Oprah Wimfrey is one of my heroines and the person I want to be when I grow up!), I realized that I shouldn't waste my time, energy and blog-space on such negative thoughts.
Oprah has an Angel Network that has the motto "Use your life to make a difference". What a simple yet powerful concept. Many of us may wish to change the world, make a difference, but alas, so few of us actually do it! We try to explain it away in various ways, citing lack of time, family and work commitments etc. But do we really try?
Recently, there was a high-profile suicide (yah, I know the police are still investigating, but come on, the guy fell in front of a train! Like what else could he have intended?) and tons of Singaporeans donated a total amount of $1/2 million to the widow and her 2 teenaged sons. There were rumblings about how the Gahman didn't help this family, blah blah blah. I was thinking, this family had neighbours who lived beside them, maybe interacted with them on a daily basis, and never ever asked whether they needed help....and I was disgusted by the people who swarmed to the wake or even had the cheek to approach the widow to ask for 4D numbers....these people have no shame! We like to complain about the Gahman being too intrusive and paternistic, yet expect them to bail us out of trouble. Grow up, Singaporeans! We can't have our cake and expect the Gahman to pay for it!
After reading the latest inspiring stories on Oprah's website, I decided that this Christmas, I will donate something extra to help World Vision in their work (I already sponsor a child...everyone reading this blog, please sponsor a child too!) I am also thinking of how I could help some family in my community....I have an idea, but I won't post it on the blog, cos I am still a typical Singaporean who wants to be anonymous in my giving.....
Maybe some of you out there will spare 5 minutes to think about how you can help someone before the end of the year?....and DO IT!
Oprah has an Angel Network that has the motto "Use your life to make a difference". What a simple yet powerful concept. Many of us may wish to change the world, make a difference, but alas, so few of us actually do it! We try to explain it away in various ways, citing lack of time, family and work commitments etc. But do we really try?
Recently, there was a high-profile suicide (yah, I know the police are still investigating, but come on, the guy fell in front of a train! Like what else could he have intended?) and tons of Singaporeans donated a total amount of $1/2 million to the widow and her 2 teenaged sons. There were rumblings about how the Gahman didn't help this family, blah blah blah. I was thinking, this family had neighbours who lived beside them, maybe interacted with them on a daily basis, and never ever asked whether they needed help....and I was disgusted by the people who swarmed to the wake or even had the cheek to approach the widow to ask for 4D numbers....these people have no shame! We like to complain about the Gahman being too intrusive and paternistic, yet expect them to bail us out of trouble. Grow up, Singaporeans! We can't have our cake and expect the Gahman to pay for it!
After reading the latest inspiring stories on Oprah's website, I decided that this Christmas, I will donate something extra to help World Vision in their work (I already sponsor a child...everyone reading this blog, please sponsor a child too!) I am also thinking of how I could help some family in my community....I have an idea, but I won't post it on the blog, cos I am still a typical Singaporean who wants to be anonymous in my giving.....
Maybe some of you out there will spare 5 minutes to think about how you can help someone before the end of the year?....and DO IT!
posted by Heather @ 6:25 PM
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