Changing Times

            The month of April used to be the hottest month in the Philippines. The fields are green, mango trees are blooming and the fruits are just so inviting. The beauty of the sea is inviting as well: its ebbing, the sparkling sight, the cool feel on your skin.

            But time has changed, and it is beginning to get worse. The month of supposed-to-be summer started to have all the rains, and not only in Philippines, but the whole world is affected. The spring in Germany had snows as well. These happenings are not funny, they are simply scary…

            Why are these changes happening? There is one obvious reason. The nature is getting back on people, on us. For years, He had blessed the Earth with abundant natural blessings, and great scenery. Earth was so beautiful, it was wonderful! Life was simple way back then, and its simplicity is dazzling more and more with splendor. However, people had started to be curious on all things. People forgot the spirit of satisfaction. We had started to make our what-if’s a reality.

            It was not bad; it was for good, in fact. As how Jesus had stated in the Bible about the parable of talents, we are expected to use such talent, so we could have it forever. But we have forgotten one important point in utilizing such talent: that we are taught to use that talent only for the betterment of everyone. People had forgotten one important virtue in life, and that is one simple principle that all of us are taught of since we are small kids. The virtue of discipline is lacking in all of people nowadays.

            We all dream of highly developed and industrialized countries, but we start to forget that the seas and other bodies of water are suffering. We all dream of seeing high-rise buildings and have provincial places industrialized as well, but all of these plans means cutting down the trees and flattening the mountains. We were overwhelmed too much to be known around the world having the biggest shopping malls, that led to expansion of land up to the middle of the sea. All eyes are to the future of robotics and other most advanced technology, but no one had kept an eye on the dying Mother Earth. No one made a move until one day; Mother Earth acted to save herself.