I wanted to share a little story with you, if you read my last blog post, then you know I recently started going to the gym, and the positive effect is already starting to have.

What you may or may not know is that I live in the Philippines, and their are so many poor people here, and street kids, they are dirty, they are under nourished, and they don't go to school.

My heart breaks every time I see these kids, I just want to adopt them all, and get them all off the street, and in school, but obviously I can't do that, at least not till i am rich and famous lol.

Anyway on the way home from the gym today, I saw 4 street kids, walking, with bags, that they collect trash from the road sides, and garbage cans in, they look for plastic, and bottles, and anything that can be recycled, and they tote it to what they call "Junk Shops" which are just recycling centers, they get paid a little money for this, and that's how they eat.

Well I told my driver to stop, and my wife and I got out and called them over, they were a bit intimidated because I'm a big guy, and a foreigner to boot, but my wife is from here, so the relaxed a bit when they saw her.

We gave them a little money, and their faces just lit up so bright, I can't describe how good it feels to see these kids with smiles on their faces, nor can I describe how awful it feels, watching them walk away, smiling and waving at you, knowing that the little bit of money you gave them, will not last long, and then it will be back to the usual routine of collecting trash, and wondering the dangerous street.

I made my mind up that life is about people, not about profits!

I have always wanted to do something to help people, especially children with no homes, but now I am more determined that ever to start to reach out to these kids, I want to do everything I can to help get at least some of them off the street and into a classroom.

You see it's not like in the states or the UK or other more developed countries, where kids who can't afford school, get to go anyway, in fact they are required to go. And as far as I'm concerned I do not mind my tax dollars being spent to educate children.

What I do mind, is that the kids here that can't afford it, just don't get to go to school, it drives me crazy thinking about that!

I hope that people here will start to realize the importance of making sure that all children get an education, regardless of what country they are in.