Fortunate One

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Just to sidetrack abit. Heh. Just managed to find out how to upload videos onto my posts (sibei noob). Also finally found the videos for the 垃圾车(朋友版) and 红日 MTV, really damn hard to find the 朋友版 for 垃圾车. And the 红日, look at 李克勤 also want to laugh.

Late at night.
I was searching through my WMP. For some reason, i came across this old song from Phil Collins, 'Another Day in Paradise'. It was a 1989 song if i am not wrong. The feeling was just...

Awe-inspiring.

This song reminded me of the following songs:
Heal the World (Children sufferings) - Michael Jackson
Earth Song (Environmental and political)- Michael Jackson
Fortunate Son (Vietnam War) - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Have You Ever Seen the Rain? (Vietnam War) - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Wrote a Song for Everyone (Vietnam War) - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Who'll Stop the Rain (Vietnam War) - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Give Peace a Chance (World Peace) - John Lennon
Shoot The Dog (War on Terror) - George Michael
There's a Hole in the World (September 11) - Eagles
Amani (World Peace)- Beyond
光辉岁月 (Racism) - Beyond

These are all politically acclaimed songs that deal with worldly issues which people seem to neglect.
True, they are all very nice and heart-rending songs that foster deep empathy.
But wouldn't it be nicer if it wouldn't exist at all?

“一山还有一山高”，on the other hand i think, “一山还有一山矮”.
Sometimes even ground zero.
There is always someone richer than you, and someone much poorer than you.
But most of the time we tend to forget the latter.
Well, maybe that's why our eyes are placed in front, which explains why we have to look foward in life.
When we climb up the stairs or ladder, we look up to our destination up ahead.
Seek out our goals, pursue our dreams, work towards our ambitions up ahead.
But how many of us actually stop for a moment and take a look back at the people left behind us?
We may be taking 3 steps up at a time, but some of the people behind are finding it hard to even take a single step up.

I have one person say: "I want a Lexus SC 430 convertible."
We have millions crying out: "We have no food and shelter."

Can you imagine how much ONE piece of bread means to millions of hunger-stricken people out there?
And how many millions is Bill Gates earning in ONE hour?
Sometimes we often look at the closed door that we fail to see the one that is opened.
Food.
Shelter.
Clothes.
Be thankful for what we have now.
Cause millions out there don't even have them.
Count your blessings, not your riches.

We may see the same sunrise everyday, but for many people out there, they may not even see the sunrise tomorrow.

"...i am not asking you to do something about it, but just take a moment to think about it. Just give it a thought. We are very fortunate indeed..."