LIFT your HANDS and EMBRACE this TROUBLED WORLD.
Showing posts with label GLOBAL POVERTY. Show all posts
Showing posts with label GLOBAL POVERTY. Show all posts
Monday, February 6, 2012
Sunday, January 22, 2012
“ENTER the the majestic DRAGON” in 2012. Any DREAM will DO.
The reign of the RABBIT is drawing to an end.
It's going to be a forgotten chapter.
You see it as a tiny, furry, harmless animal, but hey – don’t they ever tell you that never to judge any book by its cover?
Just look back over the past months and count the series of havoc.
On a happy note, it's pure relief that the unpredictable RABBIT is bidding a fast retreat to make way for the majestic Dragon.
And it’s about time.
2011 had not been such a bumper year as the whole world is awaiting healing from the reeling.
Dipping economies, natural disasters and global poverty have seen different parallels, and are still unresolved issues.
‘Tis been a year where we should also be wary about making foreign connections.
Old wine has been proven better. And safer.
And did we read somewhere that we should all be celebrating endings, bitter or sweet.
Endings herald new beginnings.
Smart guru CARL BARD has the last word:
”Though no one can go back to make a decemt new start, anyone can start now and make a brand new ending.”
Lamenting over lost opportunities?
Don’t!
Yeah, when one door closes, surely another door opens.
But indecisiveness may take too long over that closed door that we do not see the new ones which are open for us.
LIFE IS LIKE THIS.
We will always win some, then we lose some.
Essentially, the quality of our choices will determine the quality of our lives.
Right.
Here’s a vintage MTV which was produced one decade ago by Singapore Mediacorp.
Time has flown.
It’s great stuff.
Relish.
The following is a divine song that embraces the “little moments”.
It’s exhilaratingly breezy and will strike an emotional chord in you.
Let’s usher in the YEAR of the DRAGON with this feel-good hit of the past.
Yeah, any dream will do.
Sunday, September 12, 2010
STREETS OF LONDON ReVISITED. Let ME take your HAND and LEAD you through the STREETS of LONDON.
STOP. TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT YOURSELF
Every human being has a beating heart and a soul.
We all desire to survive and to prosper …..
to live LIFE without the gnawing feeling of fear, hunger or suffering.
If we plan well and work hard,
then life can always be better if we shed aside negativism and change our perspectives.
Every day, 1.2 billion people – one fifth of the world’s inhabitants – cannot fulfil their most basic needs, let alone attain their dreams or desires.
We are really lucky, aren’t WE?
Yet most of us who are leading charmed lives can never find the time to pause
and take stock of our own blessings.
Come on, have a heart.
Let’s pool together to do our teeny parts to make this sordid world a better place to dwell in.
LONDON?
Ah, during late Autumn or Winter, this numbing feeling can be abysmal.
Shorter days, longer nights.
And the intense chill and frost bites blending well with the cheerless mood.
You might have hummed along with the classic hit called STREETS OF LONDON.
Lovely!
Eons ago, I discovered this tearful song that never fails to instil an absolute sense of tingling foreboding in me.
There’s this old world charm about the lyrics that’d probably touch a zillion souls.
Something about life and loneliness entwined, of poverty, reminding us to treasure whatever material wealth we may have now, no matter how frugal we should be, to count our blessings.
In this forlorn world, there’ll many who are deprived of company, warmth and food, if we look hard enough.
The STREETS OF LONDON is a song with a soul,
beckoning you to incite healing in this cold, dreary world ….
Let me run the meaningful lyrics for you here:
Have you seen the old man
In the closed-down market
Kicking up the paper,
with his worn out shoes?
In his eyes you see no pride
Hand held loosely at his side
Yesterday’s paper telling yesterday’s news
Chorus: So how can you tell me you’re lonely,
And say for you that the sun don’t shine?
Let me take you by the hand and lead you through the streets of London
I’ll show you something to make you change your mind
Have you seen the old girl
Who walks the streets of London
Dirt in her hair and her clothes in rags?
She’s no time for talking,
She just keeps right on walking
Carrying her home in two carrier bags.
Chorus
In the all night cafe
At a quarter past eleven,
Same old man is sitting there on his own
Looking at the world
Over the rim of his tea-cup,
Each tea lasts an hour
Then he wanders home alone
Chorus
Have you seen the old man
Outside the Seaman’s Mission
Memory fading with the medal ribbons that he wears
In our winter city,
The rain cries a little pity
For one more forgotten hero
And a world that doesn’t care.
POVERTY doesn’t just exist in third world countries, it’s rampant everywhere..
Due to the escalating costs of living, lack of goverment support sometimes, and a poor job market, the current global crunch, many are finding it even harder to support themselves & their families – circumstances forcing them to become homeless or live out on the streets.
And not just the men and women, but also CHILDREN and the DISABLED.
We are going through a global recession now.
Avoid overindulgence.
Go easy on the bank credit and live within your means.
Save money for a rainy day.
You never know when the storm will come.
Get wise, be prepared.
Prevention is better than cure.
Life’s full of unexpected surprises that will come aknocking when you least expect them.
Smile, render a kind deed.
If each of us does one part to cheer this troubled world and maintain the harmony, then the entire planet would be a joyous place to live in.
TRY IT!
Let’s borrow a line from the evergreen MY FAIR LADYmusical -
” WOULDN'T IT BE LOVERLY ” …..
Right?
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
LIGHT UP SOMEONE'S LIFE THIS CHRISTMAS.
Ahhhh .....
CHRISTMAS is rolling just round the corner.
Are you madly scrambling for your last-minute festive shopping?
Trudging over the mall, you cannot help but hear the soft, joyous playing of Christmas carols over the public intercom that's enhancing the festive ambience.
CHRISTMAS.
'Tis a season to be MERRY.
Christmas comes but once a year, and when it comes, it brings good cheer.
Frenetic gift exhanges, decorating Christmas trees, cosy familiness, buy, buy, buy till you drop dead.
It's all about spending money, the more money we got, the MORE we spend.
Money is power in this season of COMMERCIALISM.
And it's always MONEY that maketh the world goes round.
Whilst we merry-make this season, let's spare a kind thought for the myriad of homeless people in third world countries who are hungry and destitute.
Life is never equal.
It can never be.
Do we count our blessings?
Perhaps not.
Have we ever experienced what it's like to be impoverished?
So that steak tasted awful and you're going to toss it to the dog?
Bet there're countless hungry kidos out there in the cold who would give an arm and leg to savor edible scraps ...
Remember that song FOOD, GLORIOUS FOOD sung by OLIVER TWIST?
Food, glorious food!
What wouldn't we give for
That extra bit more --
That's all that we live for
Why should we be fated to
Do nothing but brood
On food,
Magical food,
Wonderful food,
Marvellous food,
Fabulous food,
Beautiful food,
GLORIOUS FOOD.
AREN'T WE ALL LUCKY?
When we have, we don't think.
We tend to take good things for granted.
If you have clean water to drink, a warm bed to sleep in, and enough food to eat on a regular basis, then you're more fortunate than a majority of the people in the world.
If you have access to transportation, education, and proper medical care, then consider yourself wealthy beyond measure.
If you find that you have a little something extra left over at the end of each month, then please consider helping someone in a third world country.
There are plenty of organizations out there willing to help these people, but they can't do it alone.
Sigh .....
Didn't I read somewhere that
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted?
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