My 1st Million At 33 – yes, you can do it too

Today is a very sad day, a day on which Rachel Corrie was killed seven years ago in 2003 by Israeli bulldozer. She died in protesting against bulldozing a Palestinian doctor’s home. In the name of “settlement” expansion, Israel continues to bulldoze Palestinian properties. Everyday children of Palestine live in fear under Israeli control. Obama’s words of speaking against settlement are good for nothing, same for his Nobel Peace Award. The peace for humanity is nowhere to be found, with Palestinian tragedies continue on a daily basis. US Congress has even voted overwhelmingly 344 to 36, condemning UN Goldstone report on Israeli war crimes in Gaza, when you can see the youtube video for yourself on the usage of white phosphorus chemical weapon against Palestinian civilians. I cannot understand how some people face their God daily. Maybe they are their own god, and they make up their own rules & laws as they see fit.

Regardless of how others live their lives, I cannot live my life without standing up and voicing my concern for the crimes committed against humanity as a whole. All people whether white or black, female or male, Palestinian or Israeli, believers or non-believers, are all my brothers and sisters in-God. We are all related to each other. No one lives on an island alone. If the human suffering saddens my heart, then it must sadden a thousand times more for Christ’s heart (or any religious figure’s that you believe in). If you’re a Christian, won’t you follow the footstep of Christ, and tread on the narrow path to eternal life?

When I was much younger around 10 years old, I often wondered what is the meaning of life? If everyone is going to die anyway, what is the point of acquiring the impermanent material wealth and live a life to just to die at the end? Then suddenly it occurred to me that “the meaning of life is from death”. It is death that gives the finiteness of life, a lifetime that cannot be eternal. In this finite lifetime, everyone as an individual, will need to make his or her own choice, to spend their time and money on the things that are worthy of cause. Some people revel in material enjoyment. Some people pursue the knowledge of Truth. And there are some others who mistaken Might as being Right, taking things from the weak and poor. It is because of this finite lifetime or death that bestows the true significance of our daily action, or the life we called it. Some choice must be made, and some sacrifices are needed. The great people among us choose to sacrifice their time and money for others, even knowing that their time & resource is finite. The average people lives on without much thinking. Rachel Corrie no doubt exemplifies one of the greatest people among us. She rises above so high that her spirit lives on, even when her physical body has perished.

Here is the video of Rachel Corrie’s speech “I’m here because I care” when she was only 5th grade.

I have watched her speech several times. I can’t help but cry. She is such a wonderful caring person. She dedicated her whole life for others, and laid down her life as a martyr. In the Bible John 15:13, “Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.” (New International Version). Such is the magnitude of Rachel’s love for others, and none of other kinds comes even close in comparison. Here is a couple of youtubes that I found and enjoyed. Maybe you won’t remember her a year later, but I know I will remember her for all of my life, and I will look up to her as my inspiration forever.