Today, is many things. Today is Children’s Day. And today is the National Day of China. Today is somebody’s birthday.

And Today is the beginning of another month.

As say goodbye to the last, let us take a moment to properly shore up the experiences we had, the friends we have made, how each of these moments have played in our lives to make us hopefully a little wiser and happier.

I just lost my phone a couple of days before, and in loosing all my contacts realized how it is so easy to loose touch with the people we know. But just by having them in our contact list, have we really kept in touch with them?

Do you wait for a “right time” before calling them, or messaging them to say you care?

Do we often just let the friendship fade away, and then suddenly wake up one day, only to find those people whom we known suddenly disappeared?

Yesterday, many things happened.

There were earthquakes in Indonesia, tsunamis in the Pacific Islands, and a typhoon in Cambodia. Many people were killed.

The Hello Team expresses our condolences for all those people who suffered in the disasters yesterday. It is not known how we can play a part in helping those people affected yet, but we’ll relay any messages along for those people who are able to immediately help. Anyone who wishes to suggest any avenues where we can help, please do make a comment and we’ll pick it up from there.

While we mourn the loss, it is a very stark reminder for us to take a good look around us and be thankful for all the things we have in our lives.

We don’t need any disasters to remind us how tiny we are, in the face of all things, and how preciously fragile we all are. In the face of all things, we truly are inconsequential.

But we often get so caught up with things that like regretting the past, or worrying about the future, or tiny things like which latest handphone to get, that we forget to cherish what we have now.

Have we said all we really needed to say to the people who are important to us?

It’s an often said that the Past is gone, and the Future is yet to be, and today’s a gift, that’s why they call it the Present!

How are you going to make use of this gift today?

How about making today a Hello day, and call someone you haven’t spoken to for a while? Just to say “Hello!”

For you all, whom has helped us in so many different ways to let Hello grow from a tiny little dream, into all the different campaigns, bringing hello to people in all walks of life, I’d like to take a moment to share my gift of today with you, and wish you a happy day, with my best wishes! I appreciate you and I hope you too, can make the best use of your day today!

As each of us carry our own dreams forth, Hello Campaign too, is nestling a dream. That one day, we can bring our message of connection, and celebration of each other into the world. But this is an active dream. It’s something we are building towards to even now.

Hello is not just about a few campaigns to say Hello to people hoping that they would respond.

It’s about truly reaching out, and making ourselves accessible to another human being. True, we are small right now. And there are so many people who don’t believe it can happen. But I don’t want to have to wait for earthquakes and tsunamis to remind us that at the end of the day, it’s all about what we are to each other.

Nothing else truly matters.

Today is Children’s day. In the heart of a child, every Hello is truly innocent. There is nothing lurking behind that hello, but just one person greeting another person. Another person to play together with. May you celebrate Children’s day properly, by truly saying Hello like a child.

John Lennon once sang this dream in his song “Imagine”.

“Imagine all the people
Living for today”

It is in echoing his wish that we become one people that I hope someday, you’ll join us too!

Make a Great Day!
Hello Team