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To be detached from everything that's happening now is to completely miss the point. I'm taking this opportunity to remind us all of how brief life is and that there are things beyond our control. Given this, we should take time to reflect and connect our soul to the important things in life. The here and now is all we have. This is it. Let us stand by our loved ones and fight for what is right. We should ponder upon our actions, some of which have irreversible consequences. These costly mistakes will be avoided only if we constantly remind ourselves (without need for grim reminders such as nature's wrath magnified and drawn closer to us all by information and communication technology) of how precious life is. Let existence not be consigned to worthlessness. We are to be in this route because we know better and we should be better. To brush aside gigantic events such as what happened in Japan is common nowadays as society has been structured to be so fast-paced and so demanding that people are acting like robots as if naturally without any choice but to constantly toil and hoard money. As a result, so many souls (or spirits) are lost, the right is compromised, and money is higher than life in the hierarchy of values. Money policies now trump human welfare policies. Let us not be one of them. Should we wait to see ourselves in a precipice before we change? Remember, nothing might lie ahead of it. We might not be so lucky to have a second chance. Seize this moment for it is all we have.
CHRISTOPHER JOHN P. LAO
Blog Entry Number 17. Last required blog entry.
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