I feel that...

what's happening in Japan is causing me to realise that the things that many Singaporeans worry about are really trivial. We worry about not having enough money to retire, not getting the flat in the location we want, we fret about not getting a partner, we complain that we are too fat, too ugly, too single, too busy, we complain that life is tough, people are crappy, collegues are backstabbers, bosses are inefficient, we complain about our boring life, our boring friends, our boring activites, we argue over things like who should get more, who shouldn't be given more, who should get less, who should get lost. We worry about what to wear, what not to wear, what diet to adopt, how much weight we have gained, how bad our skin is, our wrinkled we are, we talk about who should be included, who should be excluded, we get caught up in gossips like who is with who and who is not with who.

Lord, open our eyes to see how fortunate we are living in Singapore and help us to be content with what we have and use what we have, our energy, our resources, our prayers to help those who really are in dire straits.
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