As mentioned in my previous post, “A New Perspective on Asia“, things look very promising here in Southeast Asia. While trying to figure out what my next steps are, I have come across many great words of wisdom. Given the current trend of people migrating to Asia, I am sure many are facing the same current situation that I am in. The following quotations have been a great source of inspirations for me, and I hope they can be yours too.
2009 has been proclaimed by experts – economists, businesses, politicians, you name it – to be a dismal year. Many have associated their fate to that forecast; many are thankful that their situations do not deteriorate too badly. Just when everyone seems to have given up on 2009, an unemployed and unmarried 47 year-old woman shows us the ray of hope.
This morning, my sister emailed me a link to a very touching video on YouTube. It’s about “Love and Friendship”.
It is a story about how two friends, John Rendall and Anthony Bourke wittingly bought themselves a lion cub from Harrods Department store in London in 1969. They named him, Christian. When Christian grew too big and too costly to preserve at 18 months, the duo decided to send him back into the wilds. They sought the help of George Adamson, the founder of Kenyan Wildlife Sanctuary, who agreed to help rehabilitate Christian into his new environment at Kora National Reserve in Kenya, Africa.
A year later, Rendall and Bourke decided to visit their “son”. Worried that Christian might have integrated into the wilds and not recognized his former owners, Adamson advised them to keep a safe distance. Conventional wisdom will ask you to keep away from wildlife animals, especially when they come lurching towards you. As you would see, the film showed otherwise. Once again, it is a great testament that love knows no boundary and friendships last for a lifetime. Love conquers all.