Do We Now Get It?

The aftermath of the typhoon Ondoy/Ketsana can still be felt by us Filipinos until now. It has been a week of emotional roller coaster ride for us, with us finding ways on how to help fellow Filipinos who were greatly affected by the floods. Lots of them were left homeless, parent-less, child-less, you name it. As soon as pictures and videos were uploaded in the Internet or better yet, information were "tweeted" and "facebook-ed", a lot of us took action to help, while a few exercised their typing powers or voice talents to rant on who's to blame. The government? Most would say so. Yet I feel that all of us are to be blamed, if ever it is now the time for blaming. We have been so engrossed with looking at the government's fault that we fail to see that we are a greater part of the community who has the choice on whether to take action or to be indifferent about the growing concern on the environment. Come on, we see garbage here, garbage there. The Internet has an awful lot of resources and information about the environment, information that WE NEED TO TAKE ACTION. Re-evaluate our lifestyle, our use of products, and the garbage that we dispose of.

I've been researching and reading about going Green, and though I have started our mini-drive on eco-living and Green shopping in our household, I feel that it is still now enough, that I am not that committed enough.

But now, I finally realize that all of us has to get what Mother Nature is telling us, that all of us has to take action. Government not efficient and not noticing? Then we should make them notice and make them efficient. Easy to say right? But we all should think about it, and we all should act.

Maybe it is too late, but better too late than never. Sure, prayer is important. But so is action. "Nasa tao ang gawa, nasa Diyos ang awa."