LIVING FOR OTHERS

I was standing here at the porch of a house which stood for several decades in Poblacion I of Naujan, Oriental Mindoro. The house crumbled into ruins when two heavy storms on December 1-3, 2006 struck most of Bicol Region, Southern Tagalog Region, and part of Western Visayas. Many valuable properties, livelihood and industries were badly affected. Some had even lost loved-ones.

In situations of crisis like this, a mere presence to the affected is as valuable as a helping hand.

Most of us think that extension of aids is only meant for those who have enough supply for their own, and that assistance is always in material form. Fortunately, a few ones had remembered that material possessions that we got are just conversions of the value of each moment that we give in exchange of them. The wealth that we have accumulated are our very own lives that we have liquidated.

We can also give our most valuable gifts when we are present to them who at times need them the most.