a thousand faces

This journey we call life is not easy and no one said it is. For starters I don't think we are sinners who fell from the Garden of Eden, remember Adam and Eve? Our task is not to collect merits, do a lot of charity, help others in order to gain an entrance to Heaven; back into the the Garden of Eden. Look at Mr. John Constantine who didn't want to go to Hell and so became a half-breed hunter, exorcist and ghostbuster hoping to earn a one way ticket to the holy Kingdom. Only when Constantine did an act not out of his selfish need to redeem himself from the sin of suicide, did he truly understand the true act of charity.

Heaven is not a destiny, it is within our hearts. We can see it when we truly do an act for others, for this society, for this world and not doing something in hope and in fear and in duress. We don't have to "go" to heaven as if we must board a plane to reach a place. The scene of Constantine ascending to heaven is only a metaphor. It is to signify that we have surpassed the selfishness which dictates all we do to finally commit a pure act of sacrifice for others.

We have to live this life holistically and not waste the goodness we are born with. Try to extend a helping hand to those in need. Of course do remember not to impose your whims and fantasies on others. Very often do we judge what is good and what is bad based on our beliefs that are tinted with prejudice. We don't really see a person until we look without prejudiced-eyes.

For people like Capt. Bala, Michael, Bro. Quek and Bro. Tuck Loon who serve mankind, you are the hero with a thousand faces.