lets start with the person in the mirror, one step at at time to love, to learn, to give!
I am writing this blog entry as today marks the first day of our SGB project! The guys went out to Clementi area to distribute flyers to the residents asking them to donate a food pack each! We are aiming to get at least 100 food packs from 4000 units of HDB flats!
But as this whole project gets on the way, a deep stirring in my heart began to happen, as its been quite some time that I have been as involved in the project as I am this year! (the previous few years I was more or less somewhat of an advisor, the last time I really actually did something was way back in 2005!)A question beckons, why do I, Kenny Foo choose to do SGB?
What is something that I can learn/grow from this journey? As a family why do we do it?
Well whenever I start thinking like this a song comes to my mind!
A Michael Jackson Song ( I am a MJ fan k....even though i do not approve of his lifestyle but his songs are really good!)
Man in the mirror
I'm Gonna Make A Change,
For Once In My Life
It's Gonna Feel Real Good,
Gonna Make A Difference
Gonna Make It Right . . .
As I, Turn Up The Collar On My
Favourite Winter Coat
This Wind Is Blowin' My Mind
I See The Kids In The Street,
With Not Enough To Eat
Who Am I, To Be Blind?
Pretending Not To See
Their Needs
A Summer's Disregard,
A Broken Bottle Top
And A One Man's Soul
They Follow Each Other On
The Wind Ya' Know
'Cause They Got Nowhere
To Go
That's Why I Want You To
Know
I'm Starting With The Man In
The Mirror
I'm Asking Him To Change
His Ways
And No Message Could Have
Been Any Clearer
If You Wanna Make The World
A Better Place
Take A Look At Yourself, And
Then Make A Change
I've Been A Victim Of A Selfish
Kind Of Love
It's Time That I Realize
That There Are Some With No
Home, Not A Nickel To Loan
Could It Be Really Me,
Pretending That They're Not
Alone?
A Willow Deeply Scarred,
Somebody's Broken Heart
And A Washed-Out Dream
They Follow The Pattern Of
The Wind, Ya' See
Cause They Got No Place
To Be
That's Why I'm Starting With
Me
I'm Starting With The Man In
The Mirror
I'm Asking Him To Change
His Ways
And No Message Could Have
Been Any Clearer
If You Wanna Make The World
A Better Place
Take A Look At Yourself And
Then Make A Change
(of course there is always a video in my blog entry!)
Doing community service many times I hear people say how noble so and so is, or how noble I am when I choose to give, but for me? I always want to give, choose to give so that my heart will always remain tender to the needs of the poor. So that my heart is still a HEART, not one that is self centered or materialistic. I believe that in giving to others, I gain much much more than what I have given! An experience, a smile, a realization that I can only do so much, so little for the people around.
This caused me to even treasure the people around me more, not to take them for granted, and always taking God for my situation around me.
The challenge like the song sings, it always starts from the person in the mirror. One step at a time, one person to care for at one time!
I challenge you to give to this project just like me, I have given both time, money and more importantly my heart into this!
Come on Primers lets do a good job to feed the poor out there!Remember you are only as poor as you cannot give! And when you are tired, remember the 250 families out there awaiting for the fruits of our efforts!
Kenny Foo
In case you wanna know some other songs of MJ...one more clip for you guys!
This is a guy who did a medley of just SOME of the songs of MJ!
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