While I was eating dinner, I came across the remote control and turned on the television. It was around 10pm and the late night tv show made me realize that there are many things happening now that I'm not really much aware.
I switched the channel to watch XXX, where the episode is about kids being used by drug syndicates to sell drugs. There's even a video of a young child as early as 14 years old being taught by his own mother's friends to use marijuana!
I swayed my head to the right as the kid innocently followed the instructions of those men telling him to inhale the drug.
I can't look at the tv. My eyes were shut. I can't believe that these things are happening in real life.
I blame the mother since she's crazy enough to let her child to it! What a good for nothing bastard!
The picture of my mother came into my mind. She'll never let that thing happen to us!
Why can't all mothers be like that?
Why do they let their child live a miserable life?
What about their innocence?
At a very young age, they are exposed to poverty, garbage, drugs, alcohol, smoking, sex and other unthinkable things!
After that episode, I changed.
Every child is a joy to the Lord. Their innocence reminds us of how it is to believe in everything and know nothing. It might sound cliché but it is very true that they are our future. If most children will grow up like gangsters, I can’t imagine that one day I’ll be leaving this world in their hands.
I can’t just blame the society. I can’t just point my finger to the government and I can’t drop names. Instead, I believe that we can make a change. Let us love every child and let them feel that they are loved. Let’s provide a better future for them by protecting them and by being a role model. Let them know God and teach them the way of life with him.
Let them live a life like a child. For a child.
