Caerberu

I really like the lyrics of this song from Naruto Shippuuden. It’s entitled Closer, by Inoue Joe. It’s the 4th opening song in the Shippuuden series.

Closer

You’ve gotta be extra careful with
The things that are close and dearest to you
You know the closer you get to something
The tougher it is to see it
Explain to me this happiness
That you just got to experience
Or maybe you’re so blessed that
You can’t even remember it all
That you are standing here with me
That you live and breathe and see and feel
They’re all little miracles and wonder
Just by themselves.
You’ve gotta be extra careful with
The things that are close and dearest to you
You know the closer you get to something
The tougher it is to see it
You know the closer you get to something
The tougher it is to see it
And I’ll never take it for granted
Let’s go!
Even though there are those
Who call the act of mercy hypocrisy,
Because there are both
People who believe and people who doubt
Even if, for example,
That is hypocrisy,
If someone is salvageable,
That is always better than anything else.
It’s fine to say “Never give up”
Say “Keep chasing your dreams on
But the more time you spend talking big
The less you get done with life
I’ll let that handful of courage in my heart
Help me survive another day
And I’ll never take it for granted
Let’s go!
You’ve gotta be extra careful with
The things that are close and dearest to you
You know the closer you get to something
The tougher it is to see it
You know the closer you get to something
The tougher it is to see it
And I’ll never take it for granted
It’s fine to say “Never give up”
Say “Keep chasing your dreams on
But the more time you spend talking big
The less you get done with life
I’ll let that handful of courage in my heart
Help me survive another day
And I’ll never take it for granted
Let’s go!

I read a chain email regarding Rachel Arlington, a young girl who supposedly has brain cancer. Forwarding the email claims to help Rachel–for every three friends you forward it to, AOL and ZDnet pays them 32 cents for the treatment of Rachel.

As I searched the internet regarding this matter, I learned that the chain mail–like many other chainmails–was another hoax. It turns out that emails that claims to provide charity if you pass them around are hoax, since there is no reliable way to track the emails in the first place.

I was also a bit angry at the people who participated in passing around this chainmail. The picture was of a deformed child. It felt like people were just making fun and taking lightly the condition of the child in the photo. It felt ironic that the last words on the email said something like “If you don’t forward this, then you don’t have a heart”. I think that if you forward that message, then you don’t have a heart either. Whoever that child in the picture is, I hope things will get better for him or her soon.

If you receive such mails, I suggest you don’t send them to other people, as is suggested by the email itself.