"Essence of Christmas"

   Christmas has been trivialized into Santa Claus, his reindeer's, Christmas lights and trees, and lots of toys and goodies to bring cheer to humankind on this festive holiday season.

   I have always thought of Christmas time as a good time, a kind, forgiving, charitable, loving, sharing.  Christmas is the season for gifts and shopping.  Every Christmas, many people go to malls to buy different gifts to be given to their friends and love ones.

   At 16th to 24th of December, we Filipinos traditionally go to church at early dawn, some or most are walking going to the church to attend the mass at four in the morning, it is called "Misa de Gallio."  For kinds, Christmas is so fun, they go for caroling, and the money that they've collected, the carolers have equal shares.  Every Christmas, the families and their relatives are gathered together to celebrate the Christmas; full of happiness, care, giving or exchanging of gifts, and full of LOVE.

   Christmas is spoken of as "the season of joy" and "a time of cheer." So, be good, be kind, be humane, and charitable; LOVE your fellows; console the afflicted; pardon those have done you wrong.

   This Christmas season, take time for LOVE.!

   MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!!

"Equal rights, Equal Opportunities"

   "There is not male or female; for you are all one in Jesus Christ" - Gal 3:28

   The discrimination towards girls and women is one of the most pervasive human rights violations.  As the saying goes "behind every mans success is a woman."

   Women must not be treated as a mere passive participants in the world.  They should enjoy also fundamental rights and freedom that a man have.  Women can rule a place, take a part in the administrative work, as the man does.  They also possess a full equality and dignity, and they have a very significant role to play in the different occasions and affairs.  Women have a very important role that cannot be replace in the society, yet their part is not acknowledged and they are not given equal rights and opportunities.

   And men should be more involved in promoting the rights of women.  'Cause there is nothing wrong in doing so.  The advancement would not go far if women and girls are not enjoying the same rights and opportunities as the men and boys do.

"Responding To Climate Change"

   Climate change is a significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods, ranging from decades to million of years.  It may be distribution of events around that average.  Climate change may be limited to a specific region or may occur across the whole earth.

   Some of the causes and effects of the climate change are deforestation which is due to cutting or clearing of the trees in the forest.  And greenhouse effect, caused by a range of different gasses in the Earth's atmosphere.  The rising of the coastal water is also one of the effect of the climate change.  As we go on in our lives, our planet is at risk, but we can still save the Earth.  And the first and the best thing that an individual could do is to clean his own surrounding and discipline his self.

   We should care about our planet.  Be sensitive enough to know whats happening in our world.!