We have plenty of questions in life. Why are we here? What is our purpose? Why do we suffer from illnesses? Why do we face challenges? Why are we getting problems? These questions are sometimes hard to be answered. Yet, time passes by and the answer we're searching for without notice comes right in front of us. Our life here on earth by far is the most amazing life that ever existed. We were gifted by our Creator a nature that is full of living things. We co-exist with these biological creations and at some point in our life, we tend to see that in nature is where most of the answers to our difficult questions are. Perhaps, an herb can cure an allergy. Or those leaves can heal our pains. In some places around the world, flowers are what heals the aching soul. This post is an exhibit of nature's greatest wonder - the flowers. As you open your eyes and examine the beauty of these nature's gifts to us, I will share with you some insights on why our life will sooner o...

This is a view of the Pasig River and the nearby Arroceros Forest Park. The river was declared biologically dead in the 90's while the forest is dubbed today as the "last lung" of Manila. My love for nature and the environment is something that I want to keep to myself as much as possible. But since I have this ambition to help my co-Filipinos in improving their lives, who am I not to share my visions in protecting and caring the nature surrounding the nation. It is for us.  Well, I am planting vegetables and medicinal plants the whole year round. In simple ways, I am helping the butterflies, birds, insects and worms experience the supposedly cycle of life they were brought in this planet for. And my neighborhood, maybe, just maybe, a little percentage of the air they’re breathing is filtered by the plants we have in our mini garden. My Mini Gardens. Planting is a hobby of mine and my wife. It makes our hands wet and dirty but also our weekends very relaxi...

We have the right to education, healthcare, security, good services and affordable quality products, among others. But do we understand really the extent of our rights to these things as a Filipino citizen? And our duty to abide by the laws of the land and to promote democracy, are we aware of that? Our privilege or special right to something, do we care about it? It is our right to use or access public roads. These workers are improving the roads at the expense of the people, from the Road User's Tax. It is our right to practice our religious beliefs in a peaceful and orderly manner. The police authorities are there to guide us in exercising this basic right.  It was Abraham Lincoln, former president of the United States of America, who in one of his speeches said this: “…that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” I remember these same words quoted by Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte in one of his spee...