“Many people have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.”

Helen Keller, The Simplest Way to be Happy

Sometimes, it is the simple things in life that make your day worthwhile. Sometimes, being happy is not really so much about making yourself happy, but by making others happy.

You know you have found satisfaction in the things you do when you go home smiling even after having to do “hard labour” for whole morning, plus another 8 hours work.

So, a group of us from Rotaract Club of ATC went to Chrestus Home, the home for neglected and abused children that we have adopted last year to do some painting work, together with the Rotary Club of Ampang.

So, while others are painting the rooms;

I made the children do this to keep them occupied so that they wouldn’t distract the painters. Keeping thirteen hyperactive kids occupied, is very energy-consuming I must say.

But it was fun!

We can’t promise to make everything alright for them…

But we promise to make things a little bit better than before.

Because not only Rotary cares; but Rotaract cares as well!

p/s: I would like to thank all the people who made this happen (including my collegues at Body Glove who are willing enough to take over my morning shift so that I could be there).

*photos courtesy of Daniel