Year of the Rat

Year 2007 has finally meet its end. Now, we must welcome the year 2008 with hope that someday we can be able to see the world free from pollutions, no beggars in the streets, less crime, less poverty, no homeless families, no corrupt officials and most of all no war.


Year 2008 is the Year of the Rat according to Chinese Zodiac. They believe that the rat symbolizes "good luck and wealth" for its quick wits and its ability to accrue and hold on to items of value.

For some this is just a superstitious belief, but for me, all I can say is that no matter how we believe in superstitions, we are the one who decides on what we want to be or what we want to have for I believe that every decisions we have to make for today will reflect on our future.

There are three stages of life, the pre-adolescent period, the adolescent period and the adult period. In the 1st and 2nd stage, most of the decisions comes from our parent, from what to wear, what to eat, whom to be with and so on. In the 3rd stage, we dominate ourselves from decision making. We are the ones who make our own decisions. So be careful in making decisions.

Have you ever wonder why there are uneducated but successful person like Bill Gates? The answer is simple, they made the right decisions.

It never means that if you were born poor you will die poor. Remember that as we play in the game called life, there are a lot of opportunities that will somehow change our life or shall I say our way of living. If we will only be brave enough to face the consequences this opportunities bring, there may be no more regrets.

We don't know what this year brings to mankind. As the Chinese belief, this year is a year of good luck and prosperity. But there are some questions I want to ask and here are they

Will this year bring good luck to millions of people around the world who are suffering from extreme poverty?

Will there be enough supply of food to the remote areas who are suffering from starvation?

Will there be no one die from extreme starvation?

Will there be peace on earth and in our heart?

Will there be no terrorism acts that leads to the death of many innocent people?

What would be the actions of the leaders of the world towards global warming?

What alternative ways do they imply in order to lessen the pollution we emit?

If we will all rely on good luck and never make our move, we cannot change things for better. We must all act and think for even a simple way on how we can help solve these problems the world is facing.

We must all act, NOW!