Hope - Your Currency in Life

If there is 50% chance of winning, what will you do?

I posted this question to a group of Accountants in a recent meeting, their response was dependent on the reward one will receive to take this chance, and whether it is worthwhile to take it. And one person in particular will only take it if it is a sure win. Unfortunately uncertainty is the only certainty we have in life.

After receiving the first response, I clarified my question further and asked what if the reward is between life or death. Immediately the favorable response increased as the stake about one’s life is definitely higher and worth taking the chance. It is not about material good one can buy or sell, it is about life!

Whenever we know of someone falls sick, we will wish him or her speedy recovery. Whenever we are in desire of sometime better than what we currently have, we hope that we can be the lucky one to own it. Be it a house, a car, our health, our career etc..

Hope is definitely more active than wish, as you will take some action in anticipation to be the lucky one. The common hope most people made is to become a millionaire over night. Simply wish without even buying a lottery ticket, taking an evening class, embark on a new learning or making the first move to establish a new relationship are wishful thinking and will leave one with no hope.

Life is about relationship. H1N1 claimed more than 10 lives in Singapore. We read about it as part of the daily news. It concerns or hurts us when the victim is someone we know or close to us. Where is our compassion?

We are living in an urban city. Our well being is often reference to financial wealth and not physical health. We work hard to accumulate our wealth so that one day we can afford the expensive health care that we may need. What an irony?!

Yes, the state of the art medical facilities and excellent health care is something we take pride in Singapore. However it is not the preferred lifestyle to a better well being in enjoying the medical facility. We should not resort to using wealth to buy health!

Prevention is definitely better than cure. We must be proactive and take the responsibility to fight against major illness. Better medical research is one answer to this fight.

At the community level, Rotary International is leading a very meaningful project, “Polio Plus”, in 20 years of hard work, Rotary and its partners are on the brink of eradicating Polio. Bill Gates, a strong supporter of this project said "If we all have the fortitude to see this effort through to the end, then we will eradicate polio." Know more at http://www.rotary.org/en/ServiceAndFellowship/Polio

I believe we have the capacity to join the battle to end another tenacious disease, Cancer, with the same success as our fight against Polio and you can be a part of this movement to eradicate Cancer.

In 2008, National Cancer Centre of Singapore made the progress to develop a new technology - an auto-fluorescent bronchoscope machine that would detect lung cancer in the early stages to increase the success of intervention and treatment. This was made possible through the charity run, "Run For Hope" organized by Four Seasons Hotel Singapore and The Regent Singapore.

22 November, 2009 is the date you can participate to support this very meaningful human race against cancer. Today’s research, tomorrow’s cure is our mission in this annual charity run.

What can you do to support? You simply need to register for the run. It is not a competitive run; you can walk, jog or run.

In appreciation of the support you provide to the run, we gathered over $200 worth in value from our sponsors to give to each participant. With the generous sponsorship, you can run, dine, drink, pamper or fly, and a small registration fee of $35 is what we need from you.

For simply over a $1 day you can save in the next 30 days and use it to register for the run. I am sure everyone can do it.

Statistically, 50% of male and 40% of female will contact cancer. This is your chance. You can make a difference to join Run For Hope 2009 and bring hope to humanity. It is for you, people dear and close to us!

“Yesterday is a canceled check. Tomorrow is a promissory note. Today is ready cash.” This will be your wise choice of using the cash today to support a better tomorrow.

Human well being is defined not by our financial wealth, neither is it by our physical health. It is defined by the quality of our aspiration, hope and progress to our humanity effort.

Hope is the currency in life for a sustainable future! Visit us http://www.runforhopesingapore.org/

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