the unhappy singaporean

i recall the time i spent in Cambodia... how i said the children there always appeared happier becos they had so little... whatever we gave them was an extra something that made a difference and brightened their day.

i've been spending some time with some frens n realised that they are really unhappy, a little suicidal even. saddest part is that the onli thing that is stopping them from killing themselves is that they lack the guts (or so they tell me). unhappy abt their marriage, relationship, career and what not...

being their friend, of cos i can only offer them the one little solution i have - Jesus. and somehow... it seems so hard for them to accept that something so good can b free of conditions and obligations. one even asked me, "why would God wanna help me?" sad, aint it?

in the sales line, we run into a lot of people, especially singaporeans, who do not believe some good things are given to them out of the kindness of our hearts - most will assume "if it's free or cheap, it cant b good" why not? there are even those irritating ones who has 1% knowledge of a topic, while i know abt 50%, but he thinks he knows 100%! so when i tell him something he doesnt know, he thinks i'm out to cheat him! what's up with that???

does a high price guarantee the quality of what we get in return? the unhappy singaporean is unhappy, i think, simply becos... we own too much, know too little, but think we know a lot...

Proverbs 12:15
"The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, But he who heeds counsel is wise."

but how shd i tell them that the best things in life... really do come free...