DekiruKoto,
I'm not too sure if the quote you quoted exists. If it does, it
must have been from a pre-Martin Luther King book like Tom Sawyer
or something about slavery, or fiction. Let me offer you another
quote from Nobel Prize winner Albert Camus:
"Life is a sum of all your choices."
Sure, people in Africa did not choose to be hungry, just like how
those in war-torn countries did not choose to be born there. They
just were.
Without igniting a full-scaled debate on how Albert Camus is still
valid in those circumstances, i divert back our attention to us
back here in sunny Singapore.
Bear with me as i make a few assumptions:
1. We are lucky. Damn lucky, to be born Singaporeans, at this time,
right here right now. Take a minute to give thanks to your
maker.
2. We have a choice. Here. Now. In Singapore. Not Sarajevo, not
Somalia. Singapore.
Everything you have, you were, you are. It's all made up of choices
made in the past. And we HAVE the freedom to make those
choices.
3. "A person who has nothing has no rights to choose how to live
his life." Possible, but not here, not now, not in Singapore. Here,
you have something, if not everything. Education, a roof over your
head, internet (for you to read, write, learn and more), food,
hospital care, peace, no natural calamities, NTUC, public
transport, public toilets, Orchard Road, the list goes on.
Therefore, an invalid statement in this context.
NO ONE is FORCED to do anything. In certain religious texts, we are
even luckier than angels, because we have something called FREE
WILL. And no, it's got nothing to do with whales.
FREE WILL is no more evident than in our youth in present day
Singapore, and it's almost painful to see that we are blind to
recognise that. How convenient it is to say that we are stuck in a
bad relationship "because we've been together for 5 years now". I
say, if you're not happy, WALK! How about, "i have a sh1tty job". I
say, it's better than being unemployed, but if you're not happy,
WALK! What's this thing about blaming the whole world for one's
misfortune (which is actually a fortune for others lesser than
oneself), and not taking time out to look in the mirror?
I can't think of a more suited, less judgemental & fair
environment than MLM for anyone to have a shot at success! Where
else can an average joe leverage on other people's strengths to
supplement his own shortcomings? Stock-market? The corporate world?
Or perhaps the betting outlets? Where else can sincerity, humility
and hard work be rewarded fairly? Show me, and i will join
you.
Sure there are many other ways of earning money, quick money, but
everything is in equilibrium. You only get what you give. What goes
around comes around. If not immediate, you can be damn sure it will
come back in another form later, multi-folds.
It's time to stop putting the blame on one's un-success on society,
the environment, or the guy next to you. Take time out to look at
the mirror, and judge the man INSIDE.
