Sanity

The world has gone mad. Trump invaded Venezuela and then there’s the alleged killing of Ms. Renee Good in Minneapolis. The Trump Administration is now demanding for Greenland. Then, there’s an internet blackout in Iran to stem democracy protest in their countries. Further, Ukraine is claiming that Russia might use nuclear in their next attack. China has surrounded Taiwan with Navy forces as a response for their purchase of defensive weapons from USA. It’s just 11 days into 2026 and there’s so much depressing news abroad.

While it is a good idea to reduce social media exposure and news in general, I think we need to remind ourselves of our own humanity and not get carried away by The Eight Winds - prosperity, decline, disgrace, honour, praise, censure, suffering, and pleasure.

We need a clear call to actions on our role to immediate people around us, be it our family members,  neighbourhood and community. It all starts with the gray matter inside our head - The Buddha wrote, “… if the minds of living beings are impure, their land is also impure, but if their minds are pure, so is their land. There are not two lands, pure or impure in themselves. The difference lies solely in the good or evil of our minds.”

At the end of the day, it’s about creating a good cause in our lives. We reap what we sow. It all starts with positive thoughts and then turning the negative ones into positive ones. Our thoughts will lead to words that come out of our mouths and actions that we take. It is time to reform the tenets we hold in our hearts and create a better place for ourselves, our family and our community. The ultimate tenet/principle is really to revere every human beings with great respect.

It really takes something as simple as that (“respect”) which will transform the family, community, society and the world around us. 

Thank you for reading and pondering on this matter.