In our busy lives, there are bundles of struggle and sometimes failure that pop up for a sudden surprise. Your good friends come around and tell you “Don't be afraid…just be prepared…you know you can win over it!” They are there to tell you to never end your dreams…however tough it may seem because when you believe and you strive hard…you know you can WIN!
Falling, stumbling, collapsing, enduring suffering…one uses every strength from within, trying to play cautiously in the desperate game of life!
Slavery came to an end years back. But...did it really? Did you notice the domestic help in your neighbour’s house (and may be your own house) being beaten black and brown? Did you notice the young girl wearing loud make up and enticing clothes…did you notice the sexual advancement she made towards you with her eyes…did you also notice a series of cuts in her arm…and did you notice the man standing in one corner keeping a close eye on all her movements? Did you notice the little boy in the local restaurant, running around serving food, doing utensils and being badly beaten by the manager if something spills? Believe me…there are worst of such cases happening all around us.
Even today the wind is howling with cries of anguish, if one could hear…fields are being run red with the blood of bondage and commerce is thriving upon buying and selling of humans. Millions of families are suffering…divided, broken and displaced. This time it is not only the aristocracy…the kings…but everyone…just someone like you and me! This is the era of ‘modern slavery’!
Humans captured like animals for ill gotten ideals is the best business today. They are beaten, flogged, raped or worse…and ripped of all that they have.
Ever sat beside a victim of slavery to understand the pain they have suffered…you could hear their hopes silently muttered…dreams to be back with their family and live free as a bird then. Don’t we all have a responsibility…to give them their own freedom…Freedom at any cost!
I always wondered what success meant…Is success about money, name or fame? Or about winning life’s' survival game? I think I have got my simple answer to that. I’ll consider myself successful if I could help even one victim leave behind the past that has soaked within…help them forget the pain that burns through their skin…help them rebuild their lives…and if only I could manage to get a smile on their delicate faces.
Ever questioned…what future do we perceive for generations to come?
What would life be like in the next century?
Don’t we all want a world that’s ‘truly free’…for everyone?
Atlas Service Corps is helping me realize my dream of moving towards a slave free world. As an Atlas fellow, I have got the opportunity to work with Free the Slaves, a non – profit dedicated to end slavery around the world. Atlas Corps is in a contest to win $50,000 simply by getting the most number of people to donate $10 online before tomorrow, Thursday, January 31st at 3 PM EST. With 832 donors we are in fourth place. The top four will all win $50,000. Fifth gets nothing!
This contest ends in less than 40 hours. This is a sincere request, if you want to donate, then please do it now. Please go to www.atlascorps.org and donate $10. We need your support!
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