Chasing down your dreams.

Woke up, had breakfast and did my morning rounds (email/news/quick glance at my daily sites).  As it was Korea related I took a few minutes to watch a youtube clip of a Korea’s got talent episode. It’s from a young South Korean man Sung-Bong, Choi who was left at an orphanage at the age of 3.  He ran away at the age of 5 because they were beating him.  He started working on the streets selling gum and power drinks.  Assuming the start and the rest of the story is true that was just the beginning of his hard life.

There are many cultures, Korean being one of them, where family bonds are very important.  Not knowing your family for a Korean is something I suspect is a very difficult burden.  “Custom forbids people marrying within their own clan, no matter how distant the cousin might be. In order to know who is who, families and clan keep detailed genealogical records that might go back many hundreds of years.”

Here he is telling the whole world that he simply wants to be normal.  Never stop chasing your dreams folks no matter how hard the struggle, life is just too short.  One of the funnier ways I’ve heard videos like these described on the internet has been: Mysteriously, watching it causes all the dust in your home to go directly into your eyes….  Damn dust.

I figured since I had covered the subjects of struggles, being normal and knowing a little about Korean culture I might discuss this from a different point of view.

Now try to put it all into perspective:  There are still way too many people on our planet struggling in wars, oppression, hunger and poverty.  Based on our history I don’t think my generation or that of my children will see the end of these problems.

Life is a strange, marvelous and macabre dance when you stop to think about it.

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