I've been idle and unproductive in the days past. This comes after a week of tight-knot schedules: a weekend trip for a kin's wedding in Kansas City, the final examinations for the spring semester, my daughter's college graduation.. an apartment move. As all those bustles are considered done, unpacking and putting stuff away included, I found myself glued to my laptop most of the time. I thought I deserve this break. And so I indulged myself, LOL only to myself though, as I followed and reacted every funny joke posted in the Plaridel Group facebook page. It is fun...
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It's nice to be doing nothing... but facebook! At least momentarily as I try to enjoy and savor my solitude this first week of summer vacation. Gone are the PowerPoint lectures to skillfully master, exams to write then grade, meetings, and yes the flood of students whining, why did they get D's or C's when they thought they deserved better grades. Am so done with these... for now!
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Last night, I was up late, as usual catching up with every posting in FB as well as trying to gather information if the 'end of the world' saga has already unfolded in areas of earlier time zones. Today, May 21st, is supposed to be the end of the world where calamities (notably, earthquakes) must have crumpled the world, as Rapture has the chosen few joining with their Lord while the heathens are left gnawing their teeth under the rubble of cataclysm. And so the doomsday prediction by the apocalyptic believers was doomed again!
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It makes me wonder why would some so-called Christians bite the bait the doomsdaysayers are putting in. For it is written ' no one knows exactly the second coming of the Lord '. Ironically, they don't see this coming!
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While the apocalyptic believers readied themselves for the Rapture, doing their 'lasts' with their loved ones - last dinner, last gathering, last everything...., the non-believers were out there partying, mocking the believers.
I wonder if today has become a great disappointment to the believers for the end they're looking forward to did not come! Sigh...
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I dont believe the earth will just end in a snap of a finger. Nature is bound to obey its laws. And these laws make nature run through its course. The cosmos is catastrophic. As we continue to hear earthquakes of unimaginable magnitudes, hurricanes of unmeasurable intensities, extreme weather changes, and all sorts of nature's 'signs of the time', they are not unexpected. They are part of the vicious cycle of nature's existence.
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Our existence in this planet is governed by the laws of nature. We experience all sorts of catastrophes spicing up our lives. At times, we found ourselves in the abyss of hopelessness and despair, and in some other times, we are at the summit of everything. This makes our life worth living. Our reselience in dealing with life's adversities leads us to where we are now. We dont worry so much about the future for we know not what the future holds. But we take lessons from our past in order to make the present a little better.
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For now, I have to get rid myself off the guilt feelings of doing nothing but facebook... It's a treat to myself. Soon, I will start checking out the things on my to-do list, trying to accomplish one task at a time.
