Stop, Look and Listen

Life can be so filled up with work and get us lost in our efforts to take control of our life. Instead of us being in control of our life, life takes control of us and in that process we forget the main reason why we put so much effort in work for a living.

Can we find meaning for our lives if we only stop once in a while to examine the main reason why we put so much effort to work?

What do we see when we look around us?

What do we hear when we listen to those around us?

When stop to find meaning in my life and ask myself “why I put so much effort to work?” I can only say that it is for success, a better life and comfort.
When I look around me, I see people with the same ideal ‘success, a better life & comfort.

When I listen to those around me, all I hear is ‘life is difficult’.
Indeed life is difficult that’s why we work so hard and spend most of our time to work and thoughts on how to make our lives better, how to live more comfortably. Often times these thoughts and work end up in actions where some other persons’ disadvantage.

Most of us consciously or unconsciously embrace the philosophy of the ‘survival of the fittest’. We may not admit it but it is there within all of us. Every man/woman for his/her own, to achieve success, comfort, recognition and fame we step on each other to get to our end goal.

Ironically, we only find ourselves wanting more and more in the course pursuing our ambitions. Yes, it does make us feel accomplished but are we really satisfied & are we truly happy? Does it bring us joy when we’re doing well? Yes it does, but are we happy when we see and hear that others around us are suffering? Am I? Are you?

Living in a world where the rich gets richer and the poor getting poorer, what role do we play? Do we feel responsible or do we blame those in poverty for their laziness and misfortunes?

There’s not many a community where crime rates are decreasing. If we look within our communities, we’ll find poverty rate increasing and when that happens, we find that crime rates are increasing as well.

Undeniably, our community has an effect on our way of life, our development, safety and most importantly our future and the future of our generation. As a community we either grow or fail.

Inevitably, we’re all members of a community. In our efforts to grow and be successful, let’s not forget our communities. If only we all in one accord contribute to the growth of our communities as much as we exert our effort for personal growth we’d all be living a better, more prosperous, secure and satisfied life.

Think Charity, Think CRC. (Community Recycle for Charity) www.crcbox.com.my for more information
Feed Shark