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It's Memorial Day holiday today. I spent part of the early morning mowing the front and side lawn of the house. What a workout! Now time to relax and re-gain the energy spent in mowing for the afternoon swim. I am winding down and relaxing while writing this blog. Big inhale....jeah! Tomorrow I am back to work from a three-day Memorial day weekend, and of course, it's the last two days of work before the summer vacation starts. Yahoo! The turn over of seasons has been very fast. My trip itinerary and details are all ready. I am set to fly to India next Wednesday and I am hoping all the best in this trip. From India, the next destinations in this summer trip are Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia and finally to The Philippines.
Each country has people who had remarkable contributions to the liberty, freedom and to the general welfare of the society. Today, here in the United States, is the last Monday of the month of May and this Monday is always attributed as the "Memorial Day." A number of television and tadio stations plays the national anthem and presented memorial programs. Indeed, the entire nation pays respect to people (i.e. heroes) something to do with freedom and liberty the nation enjoys this time.
At the church yesterday, one quote that put my mind into a greater focus during the service (there are times that I get sidetrack) states,"I would rather lose in a cause that will someday win, than win in a cause that will someday lose." (by former 28th US president Woodroow Wilson) Very true! Heroes, more often than not, die first before people enjoy the "fruit of his/her labor" for the country.
Let me cite an example that I know quite well. Dr. Jose Protacio Rizal, the National Hero of The Philippines, exemplifies what I want to point out in this writing. Dr. Jose Rizal was the most prominent advocate of reform in the Philippines during the Spanish colonial era. He was exiled, prosecuted and killed by gun-shot by the Spaniards with his body tied in Luneta (Rizal Park in Manila). He fought against the Spaniard colonization of the Philippines who conquered the islands for 333 years. He used his powerful writings in exposing the tyranny in his two novels - "Noli Me Tangere" and "El Filbusterismo." I read these two novels as requirements in my high school. He was killed in 1896 before independence in 1945.
Why there is always a need for lives of someone to be suffered to obtain or re-gain the liberty and freedom of a land under invation by the conquerors? More often we hear the the phrase "freedom is very expensive." It really is. As Patrick Henry in his speech at the Getttysburg .... "Give me liberty, or give me death." (This was the declamation piece from Patrick Henry's the "Gettysburg Address" Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death I used in my Speech class in high school. Wow, what a memory of the past and I feel its coming to life!).
Thank you to our heroes, no matter what part of the world we are. They left a stamp in our heart.
Make it a great day!
iSwim
Photo taken in YS Falls in Jamaica, April 2012
It's Memorial Day holiday today. I spent part of the early morning mowing the front and side lawn of the house. What a workout! Now time to relax and re-gain the energy spent in mowing for the afternoon swim. I am winding down and relaxing while writing this blog. Big inhale....jeah! Tomorrow I am back to work from a three-day Memorial day weekend, and of course, it's the last two days of work before the summer vacation starts. Yahoo! The turn over of seasons has been very fast. My trip itinerary and details are all ready. I am set to fly to India next Wednesday and I am hoping all the best in this trip. From India, the next destinations in this summer trip are Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia and finally to The Philippines.
Each country has people who had remarkable contributions to the liberty, freedom and to the general welfare of the society. Today, here in the United States, is the last Monday of the month of May and this Monday is always attributed as the "Memorial Day." A number of television and tadio stations plays the national anthem and presented memorial programs. Indeed, the entire nation pays respect to people (i.e. heroes) something to do with freedom and liberty the nation enjoys this time.
At the church yesterday, one quote that put my mind into a greater focus during the service (there are times that I get sidetrack) states,"I would rather lose in a cause that will someday win, than win in a cause that will someday lose." (by former 28th US president Woodroow Wilson) Very true! Heroes, more often than not, die first before people enjoy the "fruit of his/her labor" for the country.
Let me cite an example that I know quite well. Dr. Jose Protacio Rizal, the National Hero of The Philippines, exemplifies what I want to point out in this writing. Dr. Jose Rizal was the most prominent advocate of reform in the Philippines during the Spanish colonial era. He was exiled, prosecuted and killed by gun-shot by the Spaniards with his body tied in Luneta (Rizal Park in Manila). He fought against the Spaniard colonization of the Philippines who conquered the islands for 333 years. He used his powerful writings in exposing the tyranny in his two novels - "Noli Me Tangere" and "El Filbusterismo." I read these two novels as requirements in my high school. He was killed in 1896 before independence in 1945.
Why there is always a need for lives of someone to be suffered to obtain or re-gain the liberty and freedom of a land under invation by the conquerors? More often we hear the the phrase "freedom is very expensive." It really is. As Patrick Henry in his speech at the Getttysburg .... "Give me liberty, or give me death." (This was the declamation piece from Patrick Henry's the "Gettysburg Address" Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death I used in my Speech class in high school. Wow, what a memory of the past and I feel its coming to life!).
Thank you to our heroes, no matter what part of the world we are. They left a stamp in our heart.
Make it a great day!
iSwim
Photo taken in YS Falls in Jamaica, April 2012
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