What is your birthday wish?
17 AugOur birthday is one of the most celebrated events in our life. We give thanks to the Almighty God who had given us life. We do acknowledge our loving family who had raised up and guided us to become good citizens of the world. We appreciate the presence of our friends, neighbors, co-workers and relatives for their wonderful supports in times of urgent needs. Some people enumerate their birthday wishes as follows:
Good Health
Most people wish that they get maintain good health on their birthday and to the rest of their lives. How can you determine the taste of delicious birthday foods if you cannot eat them anymore because you are severely sicked? How can you feel the joy of having a birthday party if you cannot sing or dance with your guests anymore? People should stay fit all the time so that they can do wholesome activities which they want to do.
Better Income or Profits
Most people wish that they get better job or business venture to increase their income or profits. How can you treat yourself and your family on your birthday if your individual income goes from paycheck to paycheck only? How can you expand your business if you have limited resources to run your business? For economic reasons, people should look for a better job or business opportunity wherein it may bring them into a higher income or generate more profits in order to meet their daily needs. They want to save their money for long-term use.
Best Family
Most people wish their own family to be the best. How can your family live peacefully and happily together if some members of your family are fighting to one another for some reasons? How can your family be united if some family members are separated from each other by distance, wealth, life principles, faith, values, attitude, work, crimes and death? Anybody in the family wants their extended family to be the best family in the world with flourishing joy, contentment, respect, hope, love and care.
Therefore, whether you have a birthday party or not, just pray that these birthday wishes will push true with God’s guidance, friends and family’s supports and your positive attitude about life.
Flood, Flood, Flood
10 AugPeople around the world were so affected whenever flood occurs in their respective areas. Rain water flows everywhere from a higher place to a lower place. Real properties that you had developed and built within a number of years from bank loans and family incomes were washed away in just a couple of minutes. Agricultural crops were devastated and farm animals were disturbed too. Schools in all levels and government offices were closed for several days or even weeks. No business transactions anywhere and the country’s economy declined. Most of the main streets were not passable and people were stranded. Sometimes, heavy flood resulted into more casualties and a number of injured persons and sick people due to landslides, drowning, electric-shock incident and congested environment.
Preventive Measures
It is beyond the control of man about the weather disturbances like flood. It occurs anytime and anywhere. However, we can prevent more of its damages and destruction if we follow certain precautions below.
- Update yourself about daily weather in your area. Always see or hear the latest weather bulletin in your touch screen mobile phone, TV and radio broadcast stations and daily newspapers.
- Have a two-floor or three-floor house if you are living in a low land which serves as the basin of flowing water. It should have a strong foundation against flood.
- Always check your electrical installation if the electric outlets and extension cords on it are high enough for the safety of family members against entry and rapid rising of water inside the house.
- Insured your real properties and investments so that it will not be a total lost when calamities occur like flood.
- Harvest agricultural crops in seasoned and sell it in the market immediately.
- Build a stable shelter for farm animals and/or sell some of them in the market.
- Stay in your safe home during heavy flood until the water subsides. However, vacate your house if it is necessary for your own safety as well as of your family.
- Always ready your first-aid kit with complete medicines against diarrhea, cold and high fever.
- Have non-perishable food items in your storage cabinets such as canned goods, cup noodles, rice and get enough potable water too.