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December 21, 2007
Have you ever found yourself sitting quietly alone, minding your own business, without no care in the world even if it was Christmas and everything around you was just reeking of holiday cheer? Have you ever looked out the window while sitting in the car in the middle of holiday traffic, waving off the hawkers and what-nots vendors trying to sell you ridiculously high priced items so that they can get by this Christmas?
Or have you ever turned up the volume so loud that angsty rock music blocks any sound outside your own world? Has it ever been so appealing to you to just ignore the beggar tapping on your window, whose child barely 2 years old, was clinging to her side? Because hey, this happens all your round and it doesn’t make much difference to their struggles anyway. They still can’t get a decent shelter with the P5 coin you give, warm food, or even clothes to put on their backs. It just gets them by, somehow.
Has it ever happened to you that at some point in your forced apathy to these people, you decidedly open the window just enough to slip your opened bottle of C2 through the crack to the lady with a baby waiting outside? And then the baby she was holding, upon realizing that she was just given something to drink, deliberately smiles at you to express her excitement and gratitude somehow.
Yep, it happened to me. That was when my heart broke into a million pieces seeing that smile on the little kid, who doesn’t even know that it might be her business to beg for food maybe for the majority of their lives. It broke my heart to see her smile at me and feel her gratitude through that simple gesture. I wished then that I could do something for her. Maybe get her out of the streets and give her a better life.
It broke my heart because I had imagined that it was my Mia out there under the sun, inhaling the pollution and going hungry so often. My baby is safely at home, playing with her toys, maybe sleeping on her own bed, and had milk to drink whenever she wanted. This baby didn’t and it broke my heart to realize that.
I can cry for them and pray for them, but only God knows how to take care of people like that woman and her baby. And for now I’ll just let Him do just that.
Horaayy..there are 9 comment(s) for me so far ;)
I know what you mean. It’s so hard to grasp just how difficult life must be for these people, and I can’t imagine how I would handle being in their shoes. yet for all the compassion we can feel for these people, there is only so much we can do.:(
dr_clairebear’s last blog post..Meme: 10 Second Interview
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hi doc claire, it’s a good thing you’re in the position you are in right now.. i think you have more reason to go out there and ‘heal the sick’
no really, i wanted to be doctor once just to be able to help the less privileged, but i never had the guts to go through it.
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my mommy heart is crushed as well.
i can’t even begin to imagine what kind of future these kids will have, if they ever will have one.
it’s also a blatant reminder for us to really appreciate the blessings, big or small, that we have in our lives.
Meeya’s last blog post..Tagged [What’s Inside]
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mee, you’re right. i felt so much thankfulness for our blessings at that time, especially for mia.
-ris
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pareho tayo ng sentiments dear…God is indeed blessing us para maging blessing din tayo sa iba..
merry christmas IRIS!!! and happy new year to yah and mia!
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chuvaness! merry christmas din and may you have another good year ahead so you can be more of a blessing to others
-ris and mia
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wheeww i can feel what you feel… we should help them in any ways that we can… join some charities institution that helps these kids…
just as our foundation… we help the kids who can’t afford to go to school back in our province…
kneeko’s last blog post..MeRrY ChRiStMaS tO aLL!
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kneeko, i am thinking of donating some of my earnings to world vision. i know i have no more reason to delay that. good luck on your foundation too! merry christmas na din
-ris
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hey there…
I hope you have a wonderful holiday this year, and may you get everything you want for christmas. it’s nice to see so many fellow filipino bloggers every now and then, and i’m glad to stumble upon you. give me a visit too when you get a chance.
~marjie
marjie’s last blog post..12 Chrismas Things About Me.
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hi marjie! thanks for dropping by. a lot of us pinoy bloggers really are getting the attention on the web these days. i will visit your blog later, after i get all of my preliminaries out of the way. (have to cook for tonight’s noche buena kasi, hehe)
and thanks, you too, may you have a good year ahead of you!
-ris
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HI ris,
Season’s Greetings from HK,
K
K’s last blog post..Have a green Christmas
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hi k! merry christmas to you too, and i hope you have a really great year ahead of you
-ris
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how sad..
i really dont know what to say.. we just have to be thankful of what is given to us.. we are really lucky to have a better life..
cheer up ate… Merry Christmas! ^_^
may gift ako sau…
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c368/carmefrancia/krismasblog.jpg
tc!
karmi’s last blog post..monito monita.
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di naman ako depressed or anything, it’s just that it’s sad that while some of us are sitting pretty this holiday season, a lot of us naman are having a hard time. i just wish we can do more about it. diba?
hey karmi thanks for the gift. that was really cute
-ris
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I know how you felt..in a way this has happened to me many times…and each time I also felt guilty for not being able to help …..
still I hope your Christmas be Merry…GOod Bless!
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hi thess! i think my christmas is a lot merrier this year, thinking about my last year’s. i hope you have a great one too! and thanks for dropping by.
-ris
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para sa inyong lahat, mga friends, blog friends, and web friends merry christmas and hope your 2008 turns out even better!
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