foreword

"cause it is not a human right
to stare not fight
while broken nations dream
open up our eyes so blind
that we might find
mercy for the need"

i said i'd NEVER blog
well that has CERTAINLY changed

some time ago i had an epiphany, or awakening.
i suddenly realised that as most of you now are staring
at these crazy writings on this crazed persons blog
somewhere out there we have brothers and sisters
that live in suffering and hardship.
never in their wildest dreams would they even think
of sitting in front of a computer and read some idiots ranting.
these past weeks i have felt wave after wave
of realisation and eye openers.
and it certainly has brought me closer to God as well.
we have all these bewildering stats
about how 10% of the population or less owns like 75% of the worlds wealth.
ok i kinda made that up...
but thats not too far from the truth

and what of these stats?
we read about them,
hear about them,
be shocked,
hang our mouths open.


and yet we do nothing.


there are 2.2 billion children in this world
1 billion live in hunger and poverty everyday.
thats every second child.
now thats a real stat.
i kid you not.

the thing i dont understand is,
how on the same planet where
kids as young as eight can have ipods and mobile phones
and whatever gadgets,
there are kids who go to sleep hungry
or even die of hunger.
it isnt fair how we complain about how tough uni is
and how bad the workload is.

ok...yeah by all means complain. uni is bad.
but my hope is that, those kids.
those kids who cant even afford to buy a pen
or a writing pad, or books.
have the opportunity to complain about their grades,
or worry if they'll finish their next assignment in time.

the age of not doing anything has passed us by.
EVERYONE can do something.
however small the effort.
however useless we feel.
an effort is still an effort.
it doesnt have to be a kid on the other side of the world.
there is also a danger that while focusing on whats happening on the other side of the world,
we forget what happens right in front of us.

this blog is one my efforts,
to help raise awareness that there are people out there that need our help.
i hope you who reads it,
will realise that.
and we really need to do something.

with hearts as one, and God as our guide lets change the world.