Another three things in life that are most valuable are LOVE, FRIENDS and FAMILY and KINDNESS.
LOVE is difficult to define as there are many types of love: love for family, love for friends, platonic love, love between a man and a woman, “love” for another human being. A mother’s love knows no bounds and a mother will do anything for her child, even at the risk of her own life.
There have been cases where a cancer-stricken mother refuses chemotherapy so that her unborn baby will live, mothers who forgive their errant offspring who have committed heinous crimes. Only a mother will stand by her child, no matter what the circumstances. This is LOVE.
Friends and family are important because they give much-needed SUPPORT in many ways. Family bonds are close-knit and family members will rally round when one is in need. Friends are supportive during times of pressure and when you feel you can’t talk to your family about certain subjects. They lend an ear and sometimes offer a perspective which you’ve not thought of before.
I believe that single women these days need to have good dependable friends, be they of the same or opposite sex. They may not have family to fall back upon so friends are of utmost importance. We all need friends as no man can be an island. So if you have very good friends, hold on to them firmly and nurture those friendships. Even if we are very busy with work and commitments, we must find time for friends. It could be a short phone call, a card, an email or going out for a cuppa during the weekend. They could be our lifeline, someday. One can never tell.
An act of KINDNESS goes a long way. (STAR newspaper 20 Jan 10) A Chinese motorcycle shop owner allows the middle-aged Indian couple who live in a shack behind his shop to use the electricity and water supply from his shop and he also gives them a monthly allowance of RM150.00. The wife is unable to work because she has to look after her husband who cannot walk or talk after a stroke. Their relatives being poor themselves are unable to help them. This act of kindness means the difference between life and death for this Indian couple. Their daughter had run away at the age of 13 because she could not stand their poverty-stricken circumstances.
There are many poor and destitute people for whom there is no form of assistance from the government. On the other hand there are many people who live very privileged lives in a world so far apart that it seems another planet altogether. Can they not do anything to help those who are in dire straits? After all, our acquisitions will no longer matter when Death comes calling. Naked we come into this world, naked we will exit it. So is it not better to give away some of what we have to those in need? Or do something to help?
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