Two weeks ago, we invited members of the community to assist one of our own with house chores. The response was extraordinary, with each an every member almost raising their hand to help.
I was more supprised at how deep down in our hearts we habour the love and desire to help the less fortunate.I guess this is the 1st basic instinct engrained in human beings.On the other hand the world of nowadays has taught us something different. We have learnt that man can be very selfish, man can be devilish, to extents of exterminating the gift of life which is life its self.I remain perplexed at how tables can turn without notice, at how a friend can turn to foe in seconds and never to regret the preceding events.

Members in Melbourne on a weekend of community service
Religion from its inception I believe was designed to control the uncotrolled outbursts of anger and sin, to help society lead a rather peaceful existance, to help us raise our children in a world of positive morals. We human beings owe a lot to religion, however the use of religion to discriminate , encourage revenge and perpetrate violence is again the evidence that may be man himself is the devil we have so much talked about.
Living in a country where someone has not spent his early childhood, feels new and strange, it almost has the contant reminder that we are in foreign.This is so as the day to day connection with food in the shops, the culture, the trees in the back yard, flowers in the gardens, the dirt on the roads is lacking.
He who has no inherent attachment will for ever feel uninvited.I believe as immigrants half of our lives is spent struggling to be accepted by the locals, the other half making a living if at all lucky.This depresses me to the bone, it disturbs my concious, I could go sobbing all day when I focus my mind on how to deal with mountain of challenges.
This is the reason why, we need greater association of friendship & communities to help us go through some of these not simple but important life hurdles to survive in what was initially the ‘panacea’ of our problems also known as the ‘promised land’.




