Ozone Layer

Things got really hectic for me these past few months, my kids and I got sickly because of the weird weather condition, imagine, summer weather in January-February? My son has to catch up with his lessons, projects, and quizzes missed in school.

Maybe this is what you call the effects of the fast depleting ozone layer; the hardest part to realize is that- it is man-made. Our children suffer because of older people’s irresponsibility and insensitivity to the welfare of others.

I remember my late father; he would rather let our hired gardener bury leaves and other dead branches in the ground to decompose it than burn it- a trend here in our place, since the garbage collection is far from frequent. Before anyone invented the word organic farming, my dad had long been practicing it. He used cow dung to fertilize other plants which he saw would need additional nutrition. He’s an avid tree-planter and has an impressive collection of Calamansi (Philippine Lemon), Chico, Papaya, Mango, Buko, Suha and other trees- all in our soon to be sold lot.

He instructs our hired gardener not to burn leaves and grass trimmings because he knew that burning it would affect the lungs of children who are still developing theirs, he also considers our neighbor’s right to clean air- now if only they think the same way as my father, then I guess, there will be world peace.

Sadly, they don’t, some people in our country think differently, if someone comments on their actions such as their habit of burning trash, then they see you as some snooty person trying to up-man them. Some might object on this but it is true, some people are so insensitive yet, when you tap their backs just raise a point or correct them; they become hyper sensitive- it’s pretty crazy really- even if you have the right reasons and good intentions.

Maybe this attitude has a lot to do with economics and other outside elements that writing about it might put you to sleep. Or maybe, this way of thinking reflects the culture you absorbed in one’s family, which perhaps why I care enough to write about it. I’m not pretty sure someone actually reads my blogs and comment about it, but if ever, everybody’s free to voice out their opinion on this.

The Secret

Eons ago, as I was enjoying my downtime T.V. viewing, I chanced upon Oprah Winfrey’s show.

They were discussing about a book called The Secret- that it caught their interest since it talks about perceptions and visualizations-like what you feel, do, or think about today may affect how your life will be in the future; that life is just a cycle- if you think positive and only dwell on the positive side of things, then the universe shall give back only positive things to you. I sort of dozed of… (What a bummer!)

It really didn’t caught my interest that much since with all the negativity that surrounds us everyday (remember that I’m living in third world country)- the news about our freakin’ Government official’s corruption , taxes that are unreasonable (we have to pay taxes whenever we buy medicines, even basic commodities such as food are being taxed), our neighbor’s penchant for contributing air and noise pollution ( they burn their trash and sing as loud as they can whenever they rent a videoke machine) how on earth can one be idealistic and positive if you have to deal with this crap every single day?

I totally forgot about it until yesterday. My husband went home a day ago with a new perspective in life-they just had a seminar and it tackles The Secret, he’s got an assignment called the vision board where you put pictures of your life’s material goals. It really caught my interest too, imagine, just think about what you want in life every single day, brush all the negativity aside and, without knowing it, everything will be put into place, just like that! Well as simple as may sound, it’s quite difficult to remain consistent- if one analyzes it- a non-believer might think that you have gone bonkers or something.

But I guess it’s worth a try- who knew? I might be earning big bucks without leaving our house just by writing these blogs? Or maybe, I can sell native baby slings (which I will discuss on my next blog) and start the baby wearing trend here in the Philippines; or my long aspired website catered for Filipinos overseas will come to life and be the first one to have an extensive network of partners both here and abroad making me the first Filipino net tycoon?

We have a saying here “libre lang mangarap” or, as you would put it in English “it is free to dream”. On my opinion, with strong faith and perseverance- everything is possible.