I learnt to give ceaselessly,
Love tirelessly,
and to find the joy in the simple things.
The pains I face in the city and school pale in comparison to what the children have to handle. The children have taught me that humans are really more capable and strong than they seem or perceive. They have been through the growing pains of poverty and some abuse, yet they can speak about it casually with a forthright and optimistic attitude, not seeking or wallowing in self pity.
Farming and poverty is part of their livelihood, yet they hardly grumble. On the contrary they are grateful and contented.
I have a lot to learn from these children, and ironically, even though we went to Cambodia to help these children, sometimes it seems that we are the ones requiring help, a vivid reminder of the immense potential yet delicate vulnerability of the human mind and spirit, how to count our blessings, and that what we have been given is sometimes enough, if not more than what we require, yet we do not seem to know the ends of our wants.
How is it that kids younger than ourselves can learn what we supposedly do not seem to know, seek joy in the the tiny things, beyond the aspects of materiality.
To laugh unpretentiously.
They may have little in terms of material things,
but wealth in things unseen.
What is it that matters in the end?
Katerine :3
posted by frame-crazed