Where'd all the love go to?

As in seen in the news on 3rd August 2011, it says that a Ukraine Zookeeper plans to spend 5 weeks inside a lions' cage in an effort to raise money for new buildings.

ARE YOU OUTTA YOUR DAMN MIND?

Five weeks? With lions? You must drinking some nasty stuff that's all gotten into your head. But then my eyes glance back at the title:

TO RAISE MONEY?

Why in the world you gotta be risking your life and well being just to raise money for buildings? Something is very wrong here. It seems that a man has to risk his life in order to get people to have the initiative to donate money.

I ask myself: why in the world does it have to be this way?

Why do people not donate money when organizations need funds in order to support a greater cost such as for building infrastructure for the masses or caring for the poor and disabled? Does a person need to saw off his head then will he be able to raise money?

I've seen numerous charity shows. And they usually depict celebrities experiencing "near-death" situations or a torture. All while mimicking the shape of a phone with their hands and asking you to call in.

What would be running through his or her head then:

"Oh my god, I'm dangling above sharp rocks just by a single piece of thread! Call the hotline now or I would be doing this for nothing!"

OR

"I really feel for those helpless old folks right now, hope you people call the hotline to help them in some way-which still does not explain why I could die at any moment"

The truth that many of us would like to deny with is that people don't want to donate money unless they feel that they would be getting their money's worth. Let's say if Ren Ci Hospital were just to announce that they are accepting donations in large amounts during this period of time, would anyone donate and raise the 2 million dollars they usually get from these charity shows?

NO.

Where'd all the love go? Where is the sincerity that comes along with a donation. We often fool ourselves into thinking that we call to help the old folks.

We do not. We only call because we enjoyed a certain performance.

Why? Shouldn't a donation come from the bottom of your heart and not just because of some Ninja-warrior stunts they pull? That is the problem with many now. We just are not fully willing to let go of what we have in order to truly help that person without getting anything in return.

Giving $2 to the disabled man playing the erhu does not count. You actually think $2 is what he needs? What can $2 buy? A roll of cotton candy? What he needs is a companion. Someone that can actually help him financially so that he does not have to wheel himself all about the place playing the same old tunes on his erhu everyday. We do it just to console ourselves that we are not bad people.

If everyone around the world can show a little more love to everything around them, the world would be a much better place.

The innocent, can never last

Perfect world?

Everybody has their own ideal world in their minds, their own ideal version of how everything should be and the ideal occupation that they would like to take up. Is this perfect world utopia? No it is not. In fact, it is far from it. A perfect world for you is a place in which everything is what you truly want. It is not just a perfect world, it is heaven on earth, and yet the word heaven ain't even enough to describe how awesome it is.

Yes. It is that awesome.

But these thoughts only remain in our minds, our perfect little island getaway from the hustle and bustle of this huge competition that we are constantly in. Whenever a huge pile of work presents itself, the scent of freshly mashed wood pulp bleached and dried wafts into your gaping nostrils, you immediately lapse into your getaway, imagining how wonderful life would be if it actually turned out like that. Don't try to deny it, we all know this happens to you.

By now, you might be expecting this post to be about how this perfect world would be impossible. And the thing is,

You're right.

A perfect world is indeed impossible. No one can possibly hope that the entire world would just change for us when we wake up in the morning. The only thing that we can change, is our mindset.

Right now, our world is not perfect because we have a different expectation or "vision" for our perfect world. We do not find reality appealing in any way is because a different version of perfect is in your head. This is why nothing is perfect. We want to live a world where we're rich, but in reality, we could be the richest that we will ever be, with a steady job and a great family.

Why don't we try to morph the perfect vision of a world in our heads, into something that is more concurrent to reality? Only when we believe we live in paradise, then will you truly live everyday like paradise. Stop wishing for more and more and more and more. Try to see the beauty all around us. Make reality perfect.

We are always bombarded with one question: What is your aim in life?

I say "to be happy".

If you'd ever say I didn't understand the question, I'd say you don't understand life. What is the use of anything if you are not happy?

Toodles!

Hakuna Matata, what a wonderful phrase

Hakuna Matata, ain't no passing craze.

It means "no worries" for the rest of your days