Friday, April 10, 2009

the entry i love life

to quote motivational guru anthony robbins, "life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity and responsibility to give something back by becoming more." this couldn't be farther from the truth, yet many of us abandon ships when hopes are dashed, relationships are torn apart or reputability is tarnished. we wallow in self-pity, unwilling to step out of the abyss of downward spiraling, thus clouding our judgement and dipping our spirits.

if only we could stop for a moment and take a closer look at what is occurring around us and not just ourselves, we would then be able to discern that there are many amongst us who have taken a beating worse than us. nobody grasps this better than taiwanese host 陳建州 charles chen a.k.a 黑人. with the help of fellow celebs, he has brought about a campaign about cherishing one's life and embracing it with open arms. aptly titled "i love life", the campaign features a string of videos that poignantly features three young kids struck with terminal cancer, and makes you question yourself if you could possibly have it as bad as they did. 

i hope the videos, which are unfortunately available only in mandarin, strike a chord and inspires, because like so many others out there who have once relegated their hopes for living and thrown themselves into the throes of depression, i now love life too. 







20 comments:

fufu said...

not only love, enjoy life as well =)

Unknown said...

I LOVELIFE Too :)

iruffcookiedough said...

(x-tin & fufu) yeah, we can't say it enough, life is precious, we must really treasure it whilst it lasts!

Anonymous said...

life is beautiful, we must cherish it.

tyc said...

c'est la vie.... it has its beautiful moments but it also does have its awful ones. i love my life, enough... to love it only.

chaos said...

Instead of harping on what we have lost or have not achieved, be contented with and treasure what we have...that's luving ourselves and luving life :)

something i'm still learning to grasp...

iruffcookiedough said...

(anon) hear hear!!

(tyc) that's good enough to hear.

(chaos) i second that. =]

Cedric Hu said...

haha, agreed, whatever lah, even if i couldn't find a perfect job after graduation, so what, it's good to be alive already.

iruffcookiedough said...

(cedric) life beats everything, hope that the video not only makes you empathize with their situations, but makes you aspire for life more. =]

Anonymous said...

words spoken like the true wise meister. =]

Rex said...

do you want to be a social worker? =)

kOoKy pLuM said...

ooooh. i dun understand mandarin :(
but i guess i get the jist of what ur trying to get at.

to be born into this world is to be truly blessed. and life's too short to be sad and moopey.(not that being sad is bad, just not for too long)..

cheers
K.P.

jnkl said...

Haha..omg it's a nice entry you have posted, inspiring one! =)
everyday is the best day of my life.
rock on des!

iruffcookiedough said...

(anon) i am not wise enough, am still learning, >.<

(rex) i have considered that fact before, once i have everything in place, maybe i will be a social worker. you one?

(kp) yeah, no point moping around, lift up your spirits and be MAAD!!!!

iruffcookiedough said...

(jnkl) rock on with me too !! ^^

Anonymous said...

ah des,

i love life as i love ah des :D
kekekekeee :P

ah km

Marc said...

I love my life~

Anonymous said...

life is too short! we shld cherish and make the best of it every mins! i love your blog!
regards,
bread80

Anonymous said...

don't really love life but love been beautiful...

iruffcookiedough said...

(km) i hope that equates to a lot, hopefully! ^^

(marc) *applause*

(bread80) thanks bread for the love. =]

(anon) why do you say so?