Category: This Thing Called ‘Life’
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Why The World is a Mess
– There are so much stupid people than rational ones. – There are so much greedy people than people who try to live within their means. – There are so many people who really believe that their religion is better than others. – There are so many people who would rather receive than give. –…
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Meaning in Life
What differentiates man from animals is the ability to look forward to tomorrow and to look beyond the externals. While man can see beauty in a flower and think of either God or a loved person and even of love itself, a beast will stop short at seeing the flower as something good to eat…
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A Poem from the Breeze
You may never know the meaning of life When you’re busy taking care of things that Will bring yet another material gain Dreaming of things money can buy Thinking of things that you may acquire Don’t you realize that nature’s wise to all your plans? Why don’t you loosen up and be wise? Enjoy the…
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Starvation In the Midst of Plenty (Life, as my iPod, Sees It)
Any doctor will tell you that, diabetes, as a disease, is characterized by having an unusually high blood glucose level. While many factors cause the high glucose levels in the blood, it is the result of something that prevents the glucose from getting into the various cells of the body, where it’s needed to provide…
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Tata Fidel
He used to come often to our store/house in Baclaran (a ‘barangay‘ in the, then, town -now, city- of Paranaque, which is a mere 2.5 miles south of Manila) to visit his younger brother (my father) as well as to acquaint us with his latest interest — which was quite diverse. Those years were in…