The first step of virtue we must know - Gratitude.
We should not take whats given to us for granted and hence we must all learn to appreciate its existence.
At an individual level, our senses bestowed upon us is something that we must be grateful for. Our eyes add animation and colours into our life. While our ears and mouth enhance our ability to communicate and listen, which is what a social being like us always do. The sense of touch links directly to our emotions, as it allows us to feel pain and comfort. Be it pain by a pinch or a relaxing time in a massage, these emotions make us feel happy or sad. Last but not least, the sense of taste and smell is why we have acredited top chefs in the world. They make us enjoy the flavours of life. What more can you get than a nicely prepared meal after a day of hardwork.
Moving on to social cluster level, our family is what we must truly appreciate. In times of joy and during downtimes, they constently provide a pillar of support for us. It is them that we trust to walk down the deepest alley and scale the highest mountain. We must also appreciate, in particular, our parents that give us life. Do not complaint that they brought you to a world of sufferings but give thanks that you were given born, as some were not even. Birth opens up many opportunities for the beholder, it is only the attitude and how grateful you are to life that writes your success story.
Next we look at things in a country's perspective. As much as we love to complaint in Singapore, we must know that we are living in a more fortunate place than the others. Let us not compare how poor the African countries are but take a look at the United States per se. Singapore is not trillions in debt like the US, neither it has astounishing unemployment rate of more than 10% nor the Singapore government sending its troops to the frontline in Afganistan. We live in times of comfort and peace yet we only know how to compare the bliss faces of other nations and not be grateful of what we have.
Lastly, we shall take matter into an international level. I had a dream recently and in it i got this letter from a distance friend.
Letter from an intelligent being from outerspace Year 2060.
Report of Earth Status
Earth is dead. What's alive is raging fire, sorrow, regret and torment from the past. Findings show that the battle of Earth started when a spieces of living beings called homo sapiens invaded planet Earth. They forcefully snatch reasources such as oil and land from Earth and lanuch a biochemical attack on it eg. releasing greenhouse gases. As these gases thins the atmosphere, a higher intensity of sun rays was able to penetrate into the planet, thus, heating it up. This resulted the polar caps to melt, which led to a series of natural disaster such as global flooding and earthquakes. Earth was a living hell.
Solution to save the planet: We can make use of our technology no intelligent beings in the universe has, which allows us to reverse time and space. By turning time back to the year 2010, we shall give Earth, not homo sapiens, one more leash of life.
P.S. The latter were a bunch of ungrateful brats.
The time is now! We, humans, must show that the chance given to us was to salvage us and Earth together. Stop greenhouse emission by tapping onto the power of "We".
We can start by leading a frugal life.
We can start by learning to appreciate simple things in life.
-ECONO
posted @ 12:10 PM |