Just today morning, my mom came into my room and we had one of those heart-to-heart chats we normally had and she told me that she came across an article that day that caused her to cry. It was about this 10 year old austic boy in singapore...he had long hair and his parents were divorced and he lived with his mother. They were very poor and the boy will always ask people for food(he dosen't beg)....hence, the neighbours living around the area knows him and call him ah boy. His mother suffers from depression and many at times, she will lock her son out of the house and so, the boy will end up sleeping downstairs during the night. He was a very sensible boy and will also prepare food and place it at the entrance of the door of his house for his mother to eat.
One fine day, as usual, the boy was locked out and so, he slept downstairs and this was brought to the police attention. So the police came to take a look and beng scared of the police, he ran away from the police and next thing that happened was, he fell off the building while running away from the police and was found dead. Tears rolled down my mother's eyes as she spoke...deep in my heart, I was very sad...why did the boy's life end this way? He's life was already so miserable and this is the way it ends? Well, happy endings belong in fantasies and fantasy, is a far-fetch from reality.
The boy has been living in that neighbourhood for so long...did'nt any of his neighbours bothered to ask him why he was sleeping downstairs? or showed concern about his life? if they had bothered to find out and extend a helping hand, perhaps his life would not have to end like this. Dear friends, have we been too caught up with our lives that we forget those who are suffering around us? are there ppl around you whom you know needs help? many of those old ppl we often see working in the coffee shop or hanging downstairs our HDB flats, have you tried asking them about thier lives? you might be surprised by what they can tell you! so, start showing some concern about those around you!
One fine day, as usual, the boy was locked out and so, he slept downstairs and this was brought to the police attention. So the police came to take a look and beng scared of the police, he ran away from the police and next thing that happened was, he fell off the building while running away from the police and was found dead. Tears rolled down my mother's eyes as she spoke...deep in my heart, I was very sad...why did the boy's life end this way? He's life was already so miserable and this is the way it ends? Well, happy endings belong in fantasies and fantasy, is a far-fetch from reality.
The boy has been living in that neighbourhood for so long...did'nt any of his neighbours bothered to ask him why he was sleeping downstairs? or showed concern about his life? if they had bothered to find out and extend a helping hand, perhaps his life would not have to end like this. Dear friends, have we been too caught up with our lives that we forget those who are suffering around us? are there ppl around you whom you know needs help? many of those old ppl we often see working in the coffee shop or hanging downstairs our HDB flats, have you tried asking them about thier lives? you might be surprised by what they can tell you! so, start showing some concern about those around you!
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