Life's appetite

Home of the brave: Red Cross

Posted by Unknown , November 11, 2011 9:31 AM

Exactly a week ago i decided to join red cross to go through what i never thought would be such a wonderful and blessed experience. How a random decision can change what i once took for granted and made me realize that all those idle intervals of my life, i could have done something, helped someone. Now i could genuinely say, it was a time well spent.

Red Cross trained me, educated me, and molded my principles to the extent of helping me understand the "honor of a helping hand". It wasn't as easy as i thought it would, all the medical text i have to memorize, the sequential methods of a proper CPR, the physical strain i went through. What more for those people who dedicated their lives for these selfless and righteous deeds in unimaginable turmoil and tension.

During my graduation in this training, i was moved by the words of my instructor, Sir Anderson Go. He shared his belief in why he volunteered for Red Cross, he said "Be a Pebble, it creates ripples". Cliche as it may sound, everything happens for a reason. Imagine saving a persons life that would be bound to do good things, or that could change the economic crisis and instability of our future. One single act of kindness creates a ripple effect far more than what we could comprehend, for their greatest achievement is when they're no longer doing it.

I salute those tenacious first aiders and rescue team that would risk their own lives to save others, but are they recognized? i highly doubt it. They themselves refuse such, for their integrity lies no less then the lives they save. Heroes i suppose is what they truly are.

Written by: Rochelle "Sam" Real