Words cannot describe how I feel about what happened in Japan. After Ondoy, I'm crazy paranoid about floods. Pasig was hit heavily and a lot of people lost their lives, houses, livelihoods.. memories. Feelings of alarm, panic, worry and helplessness were overwhelming. One is totally powerless, the rich and poor are equal in the face of calamity.
Having kids myself, especially children and elderly who would otherwise take a miracle to survive such disasters. I cannot help but think of those who were trapped, swept away or were simply taken by surprise of the powerful gush of ocean that wiped out houses, vehicles, buildings. The wave took the lives of thousands and took them to heaven all in one clean sweep.
It is humbling to realize our weakness against catastrophic events, how our existence, the world that we have led to believe only survives on fortune, or glory, or maybe for some, fame-- can be swept away in just a matter of minutes. And everything will be gone. All our petty quarrels, indifferences, feelings of self-importance, arrogance and selfish desires, material or psychological, mean so little when our time finally comes. We leave everything behind. All that is left is faith.
Just Always Pray At Night.
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