The sacrificial ground

Many of people out there always say that they have been sacrificing for miscellanous things. People say they sacrifice for love. They say they sacrifice for their family. They say they sacrifice for their friends. They say they sacrifice for God.


Have you ever heard of any true sacrifices?


Most important thing is have you ever sacrifice for anything in your life?


I am not sure who has, or who has not. But I am sure that sometimes what you did is not considered as a sacrifice. You want sacrifices. I will give you one instance of a sacrifice that I know of.


I had a colleague before this which I casually call Ms. Parrot. For those who had read about her will know that she repeats like nobody's business. You hear the same story for a week. She no longer work now since her contract was not renewed. She was already 65 years old of course.


She sacrificed her whole life taking care of her mother. If she is around 65 years old by now, you would like to imagine how old her mother would be.


She never got married. She never does anything much. She don't go out much. The farewell dinner at Pizza Hut, was most probably her most happiest moment of her life. She would have think that we would be sitting in a hut, eating this strange Italian food that looks like her door mat. She never had much friends beside for those at work.


Worst of all, her mother has now gone completely senile. She finds leaving the house for normal marketing routine would also be hazardous. As her senile mother has now many imaginary friends and talk crap all day long. At times scolding her for nothing, blaming her for all the problems in the world.


Imagine if her mother would have died anytime soon, which would have left her some 70 odd years living. It would be like her taking her first baby step lifting the coconut shell above her for the first time of her life. If she's lucky, the next frog under the coconut shell would manage to croak a hello. What if the frog can't?


Sacrifice. Now don't go telling everybody your sacrificial story. Because you can't just really beat that.


Be thankful indeed, that the frog around you could croak a hello, or if you are lucky, offer you a mug full of beer.