time to stop chasing

seriously...have you ever thought about what is happening to our dear Mother Earth..

I feel a pang of heartache whenever I think about the recent Cyclone Nargis that hit Myanmar..death tolls believed to hit 100,000.

I think about the victims..those who died..those who lost the entire family to the storm.. those who are left homeless n hungry.. children who have no idea where their family has gone to... left wandering around.. crying.. traumatized ..

then I think about how insignificant my worries are compared to theirs.. getting worried over finding a job.. concerned about how others judge me.. frustrated about the inconvenience during heavy rains.. totally crap.
I dun mean to say we have no right to be stressed etc. after all, the society really determines the type of stress n worries. but..i think sometimes we all get too caught up in our work, "dreams", goals n what we don't have... n forget to take a step back and just appreciate the moment we are living in. treasuring the moment we have with our family.. the simple meal.. the laps we swim.. n the miles we run...
to be honest, im totally guilty of always looking forward only to the "end' of a task.. the end of the run..the end of work.. i must make an effort to be more mindful and enjoy each moment..

i think about the children i spent a month with, in the Khao Lak orphanage in Thailand... these dearies lost their family to the tsunami.. n most of them have gone tru every kind of trauma u can think of.. n they turn out to be so strong...
i hope these survivors in Myanmar will be blessed with the strength n hopefully the good karma to make it through..

and guess what, i just found out that "A series of powerful tornadoes has swept across the central part of the United States, killing at least 11 people in Oklahoma and Missouri "..more disasters.

life is really unfair huh... how can we be so lucky to be in Spore, where we suffer from no natural disasters..n r too busy hoping the next MRT train will be "Reaching in 2 min".

if u wish to contribute to help the victims in Myanmar... here's 1 way..

Buddhist Fellowship (BF) has launched a fund collection to assist the cyclone victims in Burma. You can contribute by sending your donation to BUDDHIST FELLOWSHIP, 9 Chwee Chian Road, Singapore 117488. (tel: 6278 0900) Pls write "Aid for Burma" on the back of your cheques.
BF will work with Firefly Mission and Buddhist organisations in Yangon to deliver the needed items and to carry out reconstruction programs in Burma.

PS: BF gave me the opportunity to spent the meaningful 1 month to help out in the orphanage in Thailand, as a part of the post-tsunami re-construction project.

With metta..