House of Leprosy

Different from the other Sundays, today, i joined the tzu-chi to pay a visit to the house of leprosy at sungai buloh.

Have been intended to join Tzu-Chi activities since last year, always put it aside with much excuses. Finally, take my first step today. It was a special experience, valuable lessons learnt.

Leprosy is longer a deadly disease nowadays. Yet it was scary and once you are the unfortunated infected one, you are doomed to be left from your beloved. Imagine, those victims were sent to the house of leprosy by their own family, who promised to be back to pay them visit, yet the promises were never be more empty...Alone, sick, both tortured mentally and physically...most of them committed suicide in despair.

Now, since the discovery of the vaccine, the infection of leprosy has become a history. Though, the physical deformity of the victims due to the past outbreak was permanent. Supposingly those suffered are considered to be self-closed, self-pitied, or even bad tempered. It is WRONG!!! Those elders are so enthusiast whenever we were arrived. They were keen to share with us about their stories. Some even sang and danced with us. They were full of energy despite the physical limitation.

They are wise! I have been touched and enlightened by an grandma victim. She is so cheerful and always bring the joy to the people around. I feel so ashamed of myself, tend to procrastinate and always worry about the future. Why touble myself with those uncertainties? Grandma mentioned, live in the moment. It is a golden sentence to me!

Other Tzi-Chi volunteers also imparted a lot of wisdom to us. Wisdom towards life. There are so much for me to learn. So much!

Blessed! Love is passing around and around!