Shout out to the People

I've been keeping myself quiet these few days thinking hard on what to post next. With the country's current state after Yolanda, keeping a cheerful facade is pretty challenging. Even if I and my relatives are far from the disaster that struck the land, the devastation left by the typhoon is something not within my field of expectations. It was something new in a very frightening way. To think a typhoon could be that strong and leave part of the country in ruins, what does the future have in store for us I wonder.

It's been over a week now since the typhoon struck Visayas. The information covered by the media says Tacloban and Leyte are the areas devastated the most. I didn't dwell much on the problem, what was important at the first days when the storm left the skies was how to solve the problem.

A lot of organizations, communities and individuals acted immediately donating and distributing the primary needs. It's sad to think but now that the physical storm has left Central Philippines, we face yet another struggle. It's back to basics for the people there.

But I am glad that many people stretched out their hands to help. All of us have a role to fulfill for each other and I'm glad that we've executed these roles without any second thought.

Thank you.

Thank you very much to all those people who gave and donated.

The strength of the storm was unbelievable but as I read articles, watch the news and learn from other sources the relief operations, donation programs conducted by organizations, and also the big helping hand coming from other countries hit me hard. At times of calamity, real friendship is realized.

Thank you, really. Thank you to everyone who helped.

I've read once about the psychological merits of giving. 

Giving away something that you already have plenty of can give yourself sort of an inner happiness, a feel of fulfillment.

It's true. While it was an effortless form of helping people, the sense of fulfillment was definitely there.

St. Therese of the Child Jesus is a great example of this. Helping through little deeds, is one collective great deed. (I'm not sure if those were her exact words).

So yeah, again, Thank You.