If you are reading this; you are probably living in a nice, safe place. You might not even know what true hunger feels like. You are asked to do your small part; and in return, you are allowed to participate in an amazingly abundant and diverse society that offers food, shelter, safety, education and freedom; on a scale that the world has never seen before. The poorest of poor in America live much, much better than the kings and queens of only a few hundred years ago. Yet, everyone is unhappy. Everyone you meet, everyone you know and probably the person that you see in the mirror every morning is only too happy to tell you about all of the problems that they are facing right now. Life isn’t fair. I don’t have enough money, time, jewelry, shoes, cars, friends; or self esteem to be happy. Really? If you say it often enough, it will most certainly become the reality that you live the rest of your life believing in. Sung-Bong is Korean; he was left at an orphanage at age three and ran away at age five because of the abuse that he was receiving. He spent the next ten years of his lonely life; living on the streets, sleeping in stairwells and selling small trinkets and gum to buy food for his survival. He is twenty two years old now and works as a manual laborer. His first opportunity at formal education came at the high school level. Sung-Bong began working to support himself at the age of five; while other children his age were learning their ABCs. Watch this video and then have another talk with that person in the mirror. Paulo Coelho said “You can only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
Jeff's Quest 