.Thursday, July 19, 2012 ' 6:47 PM Y
& I'm waiting
Hunger
30 Hour Famine.
Heard of it?
It's basically a charitable movement by World's Vision and aims to spread awareness about people suffering from hunger and raise funds/food for these people.
If you google it and go to its website, it tells you that hunger is one of the main causes of death in children, and one kid is lost in the amount of time I took to type this short paragraph. Yes, it's estimated to be only 8 seconds.
And so, people come together under this famine movement to go hungry so others don't have to.
Honestly, I'm actually posting about this because I'm really experiencing hunger now.
This situation has persisted since the start of July, and I get really hungry to the point that I feel 'pain'. Sometimes, I wonder if I would get gastric, but in any case, I wouldn't want to let myself eat too much because of a selfish reason: I don't wanna get fat.
Yes, and the fact that I'm having dinner soon makes me avoid eating now so that I can ensure I finish my dinner and my mum wouldn't be troubled. Guess that's a good thing because I'm not wasting food. (which reminds me of my friend who wastes food very frequently in school. She has some weird theory that she can only finish her food at home and not in school, and it's usually because she's picky with food, e.g. don't like to eat so much rice, or certain method of cooking the chicken, etc.) And somehow someday, I started to nag at her not to waste food. It's probably a habit from young that I actually finish everything on my plate (as much as I can, of course not including the bones and what-not). At least I'm proud of myself for not wasting food. & I usually get really guilty when I do so because I was too full to finish the food.
Anyway, hunger reminds me of the essay question that we came across last time: Is it ever possible to eradicate hunger fully in the world? (not exact phrasing, but somewhere along that line.)
I believe physical hunger can be eradicated eventually, if the fortunate ones like us offer a helping hand to the not so fortunate ones. At least, there are people who care (like in 30 hour famine) and this would hopefully spread to more people who have the ability to help.
But then again, the hunger for power, fame, money, materialistic goods, etc., also known as greed, probably cannot be eradicated. If you wanna put this in Econs terms, it's that people have unlimited wants but they are limited resources, hence resulting in scarcity. When we achieve an aim, we naturally go for the next one. Even if one claims that he is satisfied with life, he still pursues less significant wants. It's innate, greed.
And that's why we all need to learn to control our greed; resist the temptation.
Even though we cannot be fully satisfied, it doesn't mean when cannot be mostly satisfied.
Like what FanFan sang in her song: 可是人生完美的事太少，我们不能什么都想要
(Translation: But in life, there are just too little perfect things. We cannot insist on wanting everything.)
And yes, that's where choice comes in. We need to pick what we truly want and forgo the rest.
According to the psychometric test I took, I believe in the good nature of everyone and will give the benefit of doubt before there is any evidence.
And so, I trust that there's a limit to someone's greed, even though deep down in me, I know it's near impossible. I just wanna live life happily and see the good side of people.
So, coming back to hunger, the hunger in me is actually subsiding. You know, there's this period of time where the pain becomes slightly too uncomfortable but you feel better when it passes. Still, come home soon mummy, so that I can eat my dinner.