Losing Sight

Losing Sight

Interestingly, what seemed to be perfect vision then have mostly become soft vision now.

Often, we set out to achieve certain goals. We espouse what we believe are the clearest of vision and noblest of values. We emphasize and reiterate how critical it is to get to where we set out to do.

But the goal is the destination. The learning is in the journey or the process.

Singaporeans will remember the "Stop at 2" birth policy that was put in place soon after our independence.

If we didn't, Singapore will be overrun by our own people. We will remain poor. Our infrastructure will not be able to support the exponentially growing population...

So successful was this policy that our birth rates are now one of the lowest in the world. This is despite a policy reversal some years back when Singaporeans were encourage to go for 3 or more kids if they can afford.

Sadly, the practice for many couples now is "Why start?". For some others, "Why stop?". Yet there are some who say "One is enough!" and some swear by "Two's perfect". But the dominant trend seems to be "Why start?"

We are not alone in this misery. China's "Stop at 1" policy had been so successful and the Chinese obsession with male babies (to carry on the family line) had led to so many illegal abortions of female foetuses or infanticide of female babies that the guys of marriageable age significantly outnumber the girls.

Smaller families bring about other problems.

The caring of the old parents fall on the very few number of children at home. Population ageing becomes a critical issue. Medical and health facilities become indispensable as society grapple with the ails of an ever-greying population.

I will not go on ranting lest I sound like I'm over-flogging an deader than dead horse.

So what's my point?

Human vision and intelligence get us far ahead. But nature humbles us in ways beyond our belief.

What we believe to be panacea will in turn poison us in the due run.

Utopia only exists in your mind, and so cultivate yourself.

And stop trying to associate meaning to everything because the process of living is itself a meaningful journey, even if many things are meaningless.

Learn introspection. And then practice it again and again.

Realise that even your best intentions are erroneous, but never ever lose sight to do more bad by doing good now.