EVOLVE AND EXPAND

Ecclesiastes 1:13

With all my wisdom I tried to understand everything that happens here on earth.  

Hindi tayo nabubuhay para maghanapbuhay lamang. Naghahanapbuhay tayo para magkaroon ng buhay. Hindi natin ito hinahayaang mapanis. Tungkulin natin to edify it and lift it up to ever-escalating heights, meaning and value. Tungkulin natin na ito ay pagyamanin. Dapat nating pinapalawak ang utak. The more information and knowledge we process, the more capable our brain becomes. Pero pag pakonti nang pakonti ang iniisip at nilulutas, lumiliit din ang utak. Kaya kailangan lagi tayong may iniisip na ibang gawin so that our brain will continue to expand, to be enriched with knowledge, and to be wise.

Hindi katawan lang ang mahalaga. Dapat yung espiritu na nakatira doon ay mag-evolve into the great spirit that it is destined to be. Ganun din ang buhay. Hindi yan para lang kumain at para maubos sa kahihintay ng pagsikat at paglubog ng araw. We’ve got to go beyond the basics and the survival level. If we are too busy just trying to survive, we will not be able to evolve into the refined personalities that we should be.

Napakaraming lugar na dapat mabisita. Napakaraming pagkaing dapat matikman. Napakaraming librong dapat mabasa o maisulat. Napakaraming kaibigan na dapat maging kaibigan, makilala, makadaupang palad. Napakaraming karanasan ang dapat maranasan. Pero kung umikot na lang nang umikot ang buhay natin in the same routine every day to the point that we become bored, then we are cheating God who created life, and we are also cheating ourselves. Dapat lagi tayong mayroong bagong nararanasan, nalalaman, at naia-apply sa buhay.