A New Year, A New Beginning
Ended 2006 with a thanksgiving note and never realize that I will start 2007 also with thanksgiving!!!
Did my young reader read of the news about Bangkok blast the past few days? According to the Straits Times report yesterday, there was a bomb that was defused on the 2nd floor of Asia Hotel Bangkok. It was the same hotel that I stay only less than 2 weeks ago. Cannot imagine what will happen to me and my family if the bomb event happen during my holiday in Bangkok!!! Imagine the damage that will be caused by the bomb or the stampede that will occur to a fully booked hotel if the bomb goes off!!!
That is why I am starting the year with a word of thanksgiving to my God who is ever watching over me and my family!!!
This bombing event ought to teach us to be thankful for all those around us. Imagine if we ever lost a loved one. It will be too late for us to say we loved them? Especially so for my young readers. Had any of you ever stop in your “full of complaint” life, to tell your parents that you loved them or to your sibling that you appreciate them for the help they had offered to you in the past or to your friends that you are thankful that they are around to lend you a shoulder when you are sad? There are so many around us that we ought to be thankful for, but had we ever stop for a moment to thank them. If you had never done before to your parents, to your siblings, to your relatives, to your friends, then maybe it is a good beginning for this year to drop them a note, an email or a small token, to tell those around you that you are thankful for them.
Especially so for this generation. I had seen too many of our young people too concern about their own life, about what they are going to have, about what people think about them, about all the expensive brands etc. Many of my young readers may dispute my observation. It is OK. But unfortunately I still hold on to my belief that this is how our next generation are.
To me, whether you agreed to my views about the younger generation or not, I still hope that this blog will spurs you to show a little thanks to those around you and also to take treasure your life and not do things that will hurt yourselves or those around you!!!
Cheers!!! To a new year, to a new beginning!!!
Did my young reader read of the news about Bangkok blast the past few days? According to the Straits Times report yesterday, there was a bomb that was defused on the 2nd floor of Asia Hotel Bangkok. It was the same hotel that I stay only less than 2 weeks ago. Cannot imagine what will happen to me and my family if the bomb event happen during my holiday in Bangkok!!! Imagine the damage that will be caused by the bomb or the stampede that will occur to a fully booked hotel if the bomb goes off!!!
That is why I am starting the year with a word of thanksgiving to my God who is ever watching over me and my family!!!
This bombing event ought to teach us to be thankful for all those around us. Imagine if we ever lost a loved one. It will be too late for us to say we loved them? Especially so for my young readers. Had any of you ever stop in your “full of complaint” life, to tell your parents that you loved them or to your sibling that you appreciate them for the help they had offered to you in the past or to your friends that you are thankful that they are around to lend you a shoulder when you are sad? There are so many around us that we ought to be thankful for, but had we ever stop for a moment to thank them. If you had never done before to your parents, to your siblings, to your relatives, to your friends, then maybe it is a good beginning for this year to drop them a note, an email or a small token, to tell those around you that you are thankful for them.
Especially so for this generation. I had seen too many of our young people too concern about their own life, about what they are going to have, about what people think about them, about all the expensive brands etc. Many of my young readers may dispute my observation. It is OK. But unfortunately I still hold on to my belief that this is how our next generation are.
To me, whether you agreed to my views about the younger generation or not, I still hope that this blog will spurs you to show a little thanks to those around you and also to take treasure your life and not do things that will hurt yourselves or those around you!!!
Cheers!!! To a new year, to a new beginning!!!
posted by Sebastian Chu at 10:57 AM
