My wife and I thought it was time for us to pay a visit to our departed ancestors! So yesterday, my sister-in-law Angela came and three of us went to the Choa Chu Kang Columbarium.
We went to have a look at the niches for my father and my wife's aunt. We have lost the numbers of the niches, but thought we remembered the location. We searched the whole of second level at Block A, but could not find the niches.
Eventually we went to the office where we met a Mr. Ng, who was very kind and friendly. We gave him the names and the dates of their burial. Well, he made a search on his computer and found the numbers of the niches for us. The niches were on Level 3 and not 2. Thank God for modern technology and thank God for kind people who are always willing to be of assistance.
Well, the dead do not know whether we visit or not, but we do it for our sakes. We owe much to our ancestors, and the older we get the more we appreciate what they had gone through and the sacrifices they made on our behalf.
If there is one sin that most prevalent today, it is the sin of ingratitude. We are grateful to God and to our many loved ones and friends who have been of great support and encouragement to us.
You cannot be grateful and bitter.
You cannot be grateful and unhappy.
You cannot be grateful and without hope.
You cannot be grateful and unloving.
So just be grateful.
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