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The trouble with the world ….

CW Fong
2 min readDec 7, 2022

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“Don’t let what you cannot do, stop you from doing what you can; don’t let the fear of what can go wrong, stop you from doing the good that can go right; many things were impossible until someone did it; and you can’t please everyone as even saints have their critics”.

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As I reflect on my own community service journey these past few years, I have come to realize that the world is not short of people who want to do good. The world is short of people who believe they can make a difference. The following are three “excuses” I often hear ….

“I can’t do much, it won’t make a difference”

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. It might sound cliched, but “many drops make a bucket, many buckets make a pond, many ponds make a lake, and many lakes make an ocean”. If you stopped to give that beggar $2, it will in all probability not change your life. But, it could very well be the difference whether he eats today or he doesn’t.

“I will be reinforcing the wrong behavior”

Some people fear giving the needy money as they believe that they will be encouraging the person not to work. The honest truth is that you could be. But there could also be legitimate reasons why the beggar is unable to work. Thus while helping the beggar may…

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CW Fong
CW Fong

Written by CW Fong

I blog therefore I am. Passionate about #Singapore, #Leadership, #PublicRelations, #Retirement, and #PersonalDevelopment. Above all, I do no evil

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