Seek the truth

The above video is a result of my quest to seek the truth. Like they say, seek the truth and the truth will set you free.

It started with a lot of disillusions and mental torments. There was this one night when I felt so broken after a visit to the street children. I went back to get my car and slumped at the grotto, asking all the ‘whys’. Like why are there children sleeping on the streets outside a nice, huge, gleaming shelter home? I was full of anger and disappointment with the place where I ‘belong’. (P/S : The children’s parents are the problems, no one is to be blamed.)

And along came someone who affirmed what I was feeling at that time. It was wrong timing, or maybe perfect timing. There I was, all alone and feeling so angry and this person added even more fuel to make me angrier. I heard a lot of things that I shouldn’t have heard or want to know.

So, with that kind of impression, I went for further investigation with someone. And both of us heard even more. The two of us could have done a sensational video based on the clips we took that day.

I am not sure why but I was so disgusted with what I had seen, heard, shot and didn’t not even think of asking someone I trusted. Maybe I had believed whatever I had seen and heard and there is nothing that could change my mind at that time.

Then, there was this one night when I was clearing up after the CEC camp. And the person I trusted came by to check on the camp and stuffs and somehow, our conversations ended up about the issue. I suppose Christ has put one and one together to make a bigger picture.

And now, I can only thank God that I had not been gullible to be taken in by rumours and half truths and like our priest joked, baptised it and make it legal. It has made me a better citizen journalist too because from here, I learned that I must always seek both sides of the stories, no matter how convincing one side is.