I first met him in July 2015. I had been doing volunteer work there since August 2013, and I have never seen any young man around. It’s not like that place is flooding with volunteers, so I will remember ‘a young man’. He came on several occasions, but other than a courtesy “Hi! Bye!”, we ignored each other. One day, he brought a packet of rabbit feed and asked if he could feed the orphaned rabbits. From then on, I got to know him a little more. He lived alone in his parent’s HDB, but his mum had moved out due to personal reasons. He quit his job because he did not see any future working in that job. He used to have a girlfriend, but she broke up with him after he quit his job. He’s been trying since to woo her back. I asked him what his plans were, seeing he is still ‘young’ at 41yo, and he is rather fit and good-looking. He especially impressed me with the way he speaks. He spoke very good and very proper English! From my perspective, there was no reason why he could (should) not go back to the workforce. He said he was trying to woo his girlfriend back. I told him frankly that he needed to get a job before any girl will consider him. I wish I was rude enough to tell him that nobody likes a bum! Imagine the introduction: “This is my boyfriend, and he is a bum.”

Anyway through me (and his own karma), something wonderful happened to him. ONE MEETING that many people pray for, but many may not even get the opportunity! I’ll tell you more about it in another blog.

So I spent 2 months counselling him. Every day he would turn up at the volunteer place and I would ask him how he intended to get on with life. He laughed because the girl he was trying to woo back also told him the same sentence: “Get a life!”. He told me about his plan. He was waiting for his dream girl to come back, so he would have the motivation to find work. And he had a brilliant money-making business idea that he wanted to embark on. But he had a huge problem: he had no money. He figured he would try to find an investor who would fund his business idea. He did not need much capital outlay, he said, he only needed someone to give him a little money to get his business idea up and running. What I saw clearly was: the chicken 🐔came first or the egg 🥚 comes first? Will Mr A’s time come first, or his working years expire before he gets his girl and achieves his dream? What do you think, my dear reader?

我记得他。第一次见到他是在我做义工的地方。我2013年开始做义工，做义工的人很少，所以我注意到他。他是2015年七月份来的。虽然我们没有正式自我介绍，不过看到彼此会打声招呼。有一天，他带了一包食料，问我可以进来喂孤儿兔子吗？我们聊着聊着，慢慢地，我开始知道他的情况。他一个人住在他父母的组屋单位，妈妈搬出去了（他说是为了私人原因）。他本来有工作，不过应为他觉得在那间公司做工没有前途，他就辞职了。本来有漂亮女友，不过他辞职不久，女友就离开他。

我们认识两个月，他每天都会来我做义工的地方找我，跟我诉苦。我想帮他。我问他有什么计划：他说首先要把女友追回来，一追到她，他就有动力找工作。他说：“追到她的那一天就是我展开新的路途的信号！” 我问他为什么没有她就不找工作，他说他认真想过了，他想自己当老板。他有开业点子，他的计划是找个人投资他的生意。他算过了，资本支出只需要一，两万。“不过你现在才四十一岁，长得一表人才，你最大的优点是你讲了一口流利又标准的英语呀！你可以先找到工作，你就试试看吗！可能你听我的，你女友就会回来你身边啊。”亲爱读者们，你说我的好言，他听得进去吗？

后来，通过我（最重要是应为他自己的因果），他有机会和一位尊敬的高僧见面。你可知道这机会是千载难逢呀！故事怎么发展？下次才告诉你！不过你们有没有领会A君的故事？到底是：

（一） 母鸡🐔先下蛋🥚才会有小鸡🐣，还是

（二） 有蛋🥚才会有小鸡🐣才有母鸡🐔呢？

你们觉得A君可以如愿以偿，还是等不到他的机会呢？记得：岁月不饶人，时间一天一天过去，你我要等吗？