Wednesday 23 January 2008

Blessed are Those who Give

A friend emailed this to me and I thought I would like to share this with you. The Chinese New Year is around the corner. Although this year promises to be a more subdued celebration due to a slimmer wallet, and general price increase in all traditional New Year goods, we are still blessed with good fortune unlike millions in the world who are still struggling to keep alive. Be grateful for what you have, eat in moderation, avoid waste and spare a thought for those less fortunate. Although a dollar may not seem a lot to us, it means the difference between life and death to many. Donate to a worthwhile charity to support the hungry in the world.






Pulitzer Prize winning photo by Kevin Carter

This was taken in 1994 during the Sudan famine. A famine stricken child crawling towards a UN food camp, a kilometer away. A vulture, keeping a watchful eye on him, waits patiently for the child to die. No one knows what happened to the child, including Carter, who left the scene soon after he took the photo.

Three months later Carter killed himself.




1 comment:

  1. VENERABLE PHRA PIYADHAMMO (Penang Buddhist monk who retired from the Singapore Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and MCA member) said about the character of Datuk Yip Kum Fook and his polite (morality) sharing to the public, how bad is this datuk yip....

    Without suspecting the president of the Buddhist temple to be like an animal in the forest without knowledge of humans and without compassion or having a good heart as well, you are a Buddhist and a Buddhist leader of any Dhamma in the brain, this is a very wrong path in the knowledge of Buddhism, in in your brain there is only jealousy and desire, again very embarrassing for the Buddhist

    How much Dhamma is in Buddhist texts, you also don't know, now many people know about you doing bad things in Buddhism because many websites say about you ... MCA members are also suffering about what you are doing for the party....we are also members of MCA, we embarrass others

    MCA will be humbled because of you (Datuk Yip Kum Fook) and his assistance or spy SIMON LOW KOK MENG (Taman Daya, Kepong), this needs to be careful when you talking near him, very dangerous Kepong people, more careful the better, before having something

    Furthermore, my father said, don't talk about Mr. Yip because he(my father) had a fight with Mr. Yip, if you talk bad about Mr. yip listen, Simon Low will contact Mr. Yip soon....this is very sad in Buddhist chests and Buddhist Temples from believers fund in Malaysia or abroad

    Our country is not safe and stable, if there are people like that and also our society becomes weak in many ways, DATUK YIP KUM FOOK will fall in the future

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