LIFE Is Everything

I can't help it but to write it down here. I just read an article about this guy who recently passed away on the 1st of September 2011. He's a total stranger to me but his efforts and pure love for his family just touched my heart. The article claims that this guy came from a poor family. He had to struggle a lot throughout his childhood. While others are studying, he'll be working and when others are sleeping, he'll be studying. He struggled to earn enough money in order to support his family especially his younger siblings who were going to have to study in colleges. What about fees? What about him? Did he have to sacrifice his own life for them? Technically, yes. And that's exactly what he did but in a different way. He didn't stop studying. In fact, he did his very best to get scholarship supports just to save some money for his younger siblings. And yes, he got a scholarship from Sime Darby and also offers from five different top British universities: The London School of Economics, Imperial College London, Warwick University, University College London and University of Cambridge. He got a place into Cambridge and spent his time there but never forgetting his family back home. He promised his family that life would be good for them after he graduated and he'd send home a large portion of his allowance the whole time he's in Europe. But life is so unpredictable and cruel that on the 1st of September, at 6am in the morning, this guy had breathing difficulties all of a sudden and collapsed by the side of his bed....

Now, ask yourselves, what have you got that this guy did not have? I asked myself that. And as I write this with tears welling up, I have to say and admit.....I have opportunities that he did not have. I have a life that I did not have to struggle in. I have parents who were able to promise me a good life. I have a life where I only need to worry about my studies and nothing else. I have everything he did not have anymore....I HAVE A LIFE!

Majority of us have everything he did not especially LIFE. And what do we do with it? We complain. We cry over it. We sympathize ourselves for it. We ask why life is so unfair. But after reading that article, I don't think I'll ever ask why life is unfair. Because the question I should ask is, 'WAS IT FAIR FOR HIM?'.

Do what you can today because you'll never know if tomorrow will come. Appreciate the life you have now because you only have one life to live. Live it well, live it sincerely.

Here's the link in case any of you are interested in reading this article:

http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=%2F2011%2F9%2F11%2Flifefocus%2F9454170&sec=lifefocus

~Whispers~