Back then, when I felt low, I fantasised of what my ideal job in a perfect future might be. As I wrote, I faced gentle waves lapping the shore just a few feet from, well, my feet. I wrote on the first half of that lesson here last week: charity begins at home, which you may read or reread at http://www.nst.com.my/authors/rajen-devadason. The second half of my mother’s lesson is that charity should not stop at home. For a person to adopt the superior middle-of-the-road philosophy of recognising that charity begins at home but that it should not stop there, something specific must be done.

Source: New Strait Times September 18, 2016 03:13 UTC