Rainbow Beneath the Horizon
by Can you understand their feelings?
Rainbow beneath the Horizon
If you are always complaining lonely, how do you think this old woman feel? She is living in a small cramped home full of rubbish. People tease her about being old and curse her for being useless. Though you may feel dissatisfied with life, you still have people to support and encourage you. What does she have? She has to go through all the hard life with lots of tears that nobody takes any initiatives to understand her situation and feeling.
This old man is sitting on a pavement in a busy town. He has been sitting there for six hours playing the musical instrument in hope that someone may throw few coins to him. He has sacrificed his time and energy supporting his children who are away at the university. If you happened to pass him, would you be generous enough to reach in your pocket or purse and donate some money to him?He is indeed needed the money badly for his children’s education.
We may be able to be picky about our selection of shoes, selecting a certain style or brand that we like better than another. We find reasons to indulge ourselves in more expensive clothing when there are those who have to hand sew their clothing and patch it numerous times in order to get more use of these items. They cannot afford to buy new. His old shoes are extremely valuable to him because he is not able to replace them.
If you think your life is harsh, take a look at this elderly lady. She does not complain about the hard work she has to do daily in order to survive. Even though she has but a short time yet to live she will get up early in the morning and travel great distances in order to collect tree branches. These she sells at the market for only a small amount of money in order to sustain her life.
If you think that your childhood was difficult, and then you need to stop and think about what kind of childhood this toddler has. Growing up you had toys and warm delicious and nutritious meals daily. He is lucky to find a handful of rice, and very seldom has anything to eat with it. Comparing our childhood to his will make us realize that we are lucky and blessed.
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Post CommentAnne Lyken-Garner
On March 9, 2008 at 10:37 am
A lot of pictures to raise awareness about poverty. I remember going through some of the things the children in these pictures are facing right now, so thank God, there is hope for everyone.
Liane Schmidt
On March 10, 2008 at 2:08 am
What an incredibly powerful article Chan. Blessings to you.
Best wishes.
Sincerely,
-Liane Schmidt.
Lucy Lockett
On March 10, 2008 at 5:29 am
An article to remind us of the blessings that we have! Thank you Chan.
IcyCucky
On March 10, 2008 at 9:38 am
Powerful message with these photos..
Alexa Gates
On March 11, 2008 at 10:41 am
Great message here chan…
Fornis
On February 15, 2009 at 7:02 am
Very eye opening article on poverty. It is so touching that it is hard to forget again.
Fornis
On February 15, 2009 at 7:10 am
I never thought there is so much poverty in China. You have very well described the situation. I can understand your feeling.
Here in India also we have so many poor people living like these that always turns me off and puts me into deep thinking, feeling sad. It will be like that for a long time.