As i swift fast the office hallway i overheard my indian co-workers bubbling about the high floods and people in miserable status...it took sometime before it hit me that they were scanning on the images screaming for help in Gulf News.
I haven't been home early the past few days to watch the nightly news....i was totally outdated of what's going on about the world...much more of my country...
after hearing about it...i rushed open my PC and hit the abs-cbn news site to get the latest info... and to my surprise....i was dumbstruck by the images of men and women...old and young...celebrity and casual people...paddling their way through the floods or sitted chilling on their rooftops...my heart sank and tears almost welled-out...
Typhoon Ondoy made a tremendous damage on the lives and livelihood of my fellow "kababayans". I saw women and children crying in despair for survival...despite the tear jerking images...i saw a gleam of light...there was "bayanihan", people reaching a hand for help even to those who they don't even know...there were some brave enough risking their lives to save another...and from that i know that each of those person...will be able to get through...and surpass this trial...for i too is a Filipino...as the joke says "atapang atao"(brave person)...we are blessed with this trait of courage and strength...filipinos...will never say die!
this isn't the first calamity that strucked down our country...there were the volacano eruption...typhoons who claimed more lives...but we had sought it through...because the faith and hope in our hearts...clinging unto God. We Filipinos never fail to call on God...especially in times of distress...and for that I know as we continue to pray together...united in heart and prayers...God will heed our plea...
Prayer:
Lord God,
we know that it is best for us not to understand all of these things going on but to trust on Your will...this too shall pass...just keep us all strong and bonded together as one nation...one family...Amen.
_sar_
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