Perspectives.

Sometimes, you need to look at the world from a totally different angle.

You never know.

You might find out that some things in your life might actually not be what they seem to be.

You are not alone.

Is it just me, or is it just the tendency of human beings to always look at the gloomy side of life?

As I see it, within the confines of our limited technology, in this era of humankind, we are unable to predict what lies ahead in the future. People are simply bound to the past and present events of life. No one has an ecape route to the future. No one can create a loophole in which we can determine our fate, our destiny, our tomorrow. There may be astrologers or fortune tellers or weather forecasters out there, but we all know they’re talking shit.

So why do we have to crucify ourselves with the mistakes of the past?

Why do we have to incarcerate ourselves inside bitter memories?

I know that there are certain things we can never let go, certain people we may never forget, but do you think that they would want to see us suffer? Wouldn’t they want us to continue our lives and live them to the full? If one is given the chance to meet them again, and know what they think and feel, wouldn’t they be telling any one to “go ahead”, “move on,” “be happy”, and “get a life,” because there’s so much more to life than pain and suffering?

So why do we have to hold on to the pain, when we have the choice to let go of it and be happy and contented with life?

Why do we have to frown when we can smile at the rising sun, which promises a new life, presents a new hope for a better Today than Yesterday? And if not, isn’t there another day to look forward to?

And why do we have to set our eyes, scrutinize and ingest the abhorrent view of the muddy ground, lifeless, unalluring, melancholic and dark, when we can always look up and gaze at the wonder of the bright constellations in the sky? The glow of the moonlight? Or feel the gentle cold breeze of the night? If clouds do pass by and hinder this majestic creation, then why can’t we look at the people around us, the people who care for us, regardless of magnitude, multitude and religious and cultural vicissitudes; the stars that offer us light and hope in our deepest darkest nights?

There are always people who care. We just need to look at them, look after them, look up to them, look into their hearts, and appreciate the wonderful friendship they have forged. They have always been there. People always tend to accumulate the pain inside, keep it to themselves as if anybody’s interested to steal them. No one wants to steal someone else’s pain; people who care about life try to throw them away and replace them with sugar, spice, and everything nice.

It’s so hard to be alone. It’s so hard to live without a joyful company. It’s so hard to survive the night without someone’s warm embrace. It’s painful to traverse through life without someone to offer you a helping hand. But you see, no one is alone. Someone is always there for you. For me. For everybody. They may not always be there for the person who needs it most, but the fact that they do care, no matter where they are, is enough to surmount the once deemed insurmountable conundrums in life.

It’s all about CHOICES. And it’s all about TIME. You see, we can never get things our way in a flick or a wand or in a single snap of the fingers. Life isn’t a magic show.

And time heals all wounds. It may not be today, or tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow, but sufferings always have their season-enders.

Life isn’t something you can purchase in a grocery store, or order online in Amazon. It’s not that easy to get. Yet it’s so easy to lose. It’s so fragile, so vulnerable, yet so many people take it for granted. Every life is replaceable, that’s why our species continues to thrive, but it can never be replaced by the exact same person that once made a mark in his or her life. So while you are living, give meaning to it, and if you do, create a meaning that will fulfill not only your life, but for others’ lives too. It’s a give and take relationship.

You see, there are certain diseases deemed incurable, and so doctors give patients fake pills to ill patients, in the hopes that they become cured by his or her own self-will and self-determination to survive. To them, life is so precious, and they would fight for it.

Well, that’s what I believe. I believe in optimism. I rely on hope. I trust in God.

I wanna have five children. I’m thinking twice.

I really need to study chemistry now, for there is a test (a test?!!?) tomorrow, but I saw this article in the internet saying that some head of EU delegation dude is endorsing a bill passed by some Filipino legislators to promote a “serious” family planning programme in the Philippines.

UNsurprisingly, the omnipresent Catholic Church comes into the picture, voicing out their staunch opposition, threatening  to excommunicate them, those poor brave souls (the legislators) who will vote for the bill to be passed.

I am a Catholic. I believe in the sanctity of life. I suport the Catholic Church’s stand against contraceptives, although if you were to really ask me, I don’t really mind using it (in the future). Therefore, call me a hypocrite. But in this recalcitrant world, wherein – I believe – a part of my existence as a frail human being persists, I just can’t stand the government’s impotence problems. Dude, if you really want to do it, have the balls to do it. Don’t be a pussy wussy whatever. Don’t let some old priests scare you. Or is it just that yoooooooooooouuuuu are afraid of losing their support for the coming 2010 elections if you decide to sign THE bill?

I think Filipinos are born naturally intelligent. And talented. And creative. Raising your eyebrows won’t help. I have lived away from the Philippines long enough to notice the difference between examinations-based  and  naturally well-rounded  organisms. When it comes to family planning, I shall give an A grade for following the Bible’s “go and multiply” instruction manual, but an F grade for making the lives of many new children worse off year by year.  And I must make this clear: I’m not saying the Church’s at fault for my country’s skyrocketing poverty levels. That archipelago of 7,107 islands will be occupied by a whopping 100 million starving people in the next five years. Of course the population will always increase. Reproduction was essentially created to preserve the human race. But as what is always said, anything in excess is never good.

I don’t support killing babies. In fact, did you really kill a baby when you haven’t yet created the baby at the first place? You would not even get to that shining moment of some amazing mitosis and meiosis if you wore a rubber on you. The “fusion” of love in the heat of the night would have never occurred. On second thought, killing babies would apply more to abortion rather than to the use of contraceptives.

Maybe they should just remove the flavoring. It adds to the disgruntlement of conservative people. It’s like… Eeew…? And why does that thing have a banana flovor in it?! Banana flavor! And, look, there’s mint too! Let us ban this unprincipled, despicable, immoral device!

And I think it is even worse if you contribute to the suffering of people by letting your wife mimic a China factory. She produces too much, resulting in too many people to feed, to take care of, to send to school, to scold, and to release, let go, and have a life of their own, to start their own family football teams. Too many eventually suffer. That’s just my point of view.

But if you look at the real trend of events in the Philippines, the population growth has gone down by a few decimals, that’s good news, but the standard of living continues to plummet like a meteor crashing down on earth.

So what is really the problem? I don’t know.