Feeling powerless
By
Sarah J. Joemin
on
Dec 28, 2007
in
travels
Feeling powerless – rowing for food.
This is a picture taken from Tonle Sap, the largest lake in South East Asia, filled with water from Mekong every year. This lake and its surrounding seemed like the poorest and most desperate part of Cambodia that we had seen. The kids rows on waterpails begging for money — they have intense eye, with no smile and staring at us with that outstretched hand.
The desire to take a picture of one of the kids came out instantly.
Then it hit us — we just did not know how to respond to the feeling; just the feeling of guilty and completely unsure as we seemed to be so powerless in the midst of this poverty.
2 comments
Seeing the sadness in the boy’s eyes make me appreciate and thankful to GOD for the good life my kids are having now!
this photo tells a lot of stories — of the will to survive; and how to be thankful to what we have and the essence of love and humility in life.