Inspiration from the poor

Better we delve further into this topic, I would love to iterate my quality background. I was borned into a middle class family, by two Master's Degree parent, and I started living in a three room HDB flat. Over the years, we have improved our condition and now, I am living with my parents in a corner terrace, a decent plot of land with each member having a room, a multi-purpose room, as well as a nice garden.

After being on world for about 23 years, I have made friends, both richer and poorer than myself. A fascinating fact of life is that sometimes, a concentration of virtues, hopes and dreams can be found in some of my friend, whose material wealth may not be as much as my family, but their life is truly wealthy. A poor man, prior to career era, who strive for excellence is seldom idle, and often take upon works like tuition, charity or socializing meaningly, be the activity over tea or a casual jog. He does not engage in vices, and he often spend time studying well or spending quality time with a family. A feel of post-modern kampong spirit can be felt at certain length in the HDB, where love abides and compassion rules. Well, a poor man with relationship riches is not actually poor, but truly rich.

I have heard of a few stories where poor HDB dwellers end up as president scholars, and they are the hope that a poorer background person who still succeed if given the chance and the passion, and this, I attribute to Von Bertelanffy Equifinity principle. During my Hwa Chong junior college time, most of my comtemporaries are HDB dwellers, and I feel a sense of inspiration that students from poorer families can actually be inspired by noble causes and actually put in the effect for life excellencies, and a lot of these friends, I still keep in touch, though I do not wish to name them for their privacy. For this, I admire them for their altruistic nature and humble outlook towards life, and this equally enforce the notion that true riches comes from the heart. Often, I am inspired by my materially poorer friends about life and about doing good for oneself. Well, I feel status is not by what you have, but by what you can give to others.