on this National Day, I wish for Singapore….
August 8th, 2008
I wish for Singapore, a revival of the lost art of enjoying friends and family. We are too caught up with achieving things that will be “So what?” in eternity. We are too absorbed about productivity, to be free to craft and create a beautiful life.
I wish for Singapore, liberation from the insecurities that were originally brought to these shores by our forefathers who left their homelands in China and India. This same insecurity have been fed by circumstances and state and ingrained into our minds by a thousand voices. Such a freedom from fear and anxiety can be found only in the peace and contentment that Jesus gives.
I wish for schoolchildren more sleep, more sleep, and more sleep, and less stress. That school may become an experience that they can look forward to with anticipation, and not dread with fear. May schools become fear free discovery zones. May school ranking be chucked out, and teachers empowered to inculcate a love of learning in their charges. May a new meritocracy arise, one that looks beyond academics, and tempered with compassion for the have-nots.
I thank God for Singapore’s political leaders and wish for them to be guided by God’s wisdom, compassion and justice.
These are my wishes, O Lord.
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more sleep? good one.
i think we all need this… ;>)
amen
We also need to respect foreign workers, pay them a decent wage and give them rest when needed. Without them we would not have most of our high rise buildings.
agreed. there is a lot of accepted class discrimination. even though we are meritocratic and getting ahead usually means better qualification, we should have more empathy for the under privileged in Singapore.
The true mark of a nation’s greatness is NOT based on the number of scholars it produces nor the number of gold medals it wins at the Olympic games but rather on how it treats the elderly and other vulnerable groups.