#4 Do dead people communicate with the living?

Life is full of mystery. There are a lot of things in this world which human reason and science cannot explain. There are a lot of questions beyond man’s capacity and understanding. One question would be “do dead people communicate with the living?”. I am having a hard time answering the question. I was reluctant to agree that dead people can really communicate with the living but I don’t want to discredit those people who have experienced events like this.

To psychics or to those people doing necromancy the answer would really be yes. And I have heard stories that would justify that they really can communicate with the living. Heard it from my friends, relatives and some members of my family a handful of times. And yes I do believe that they really can communicate with the living, of course I don’t think my relatives and member of my family would lie to me regarding this matter. Since I don’t have the ability to communicate and don’t have the chance to experience it, I would be basing my answer with their answers.

I have read from an article that the bible forbids activity like this but activity like this is still possible. So maybe these dead people who communicates with the living might not the same person when he still alive. I mean, yes they have the same physical features but it is not actually him.  He may be a fallen angel, or disciples of Satan to test you or whatever. Because as what I have learned a person is composed of a soul and a body. Soul for his well-being and the body for the earthly things. In one’s brain it is where memories, knowledge, learned behavior, etc are stored so when one dies, his brain also dies. That means one’s soul will be like a new born baby with a tabula rasa brain. So how come that soul can still remember the people in his life when he is still alive? So that someone that visits you in your dreams might be another entity.

I honestly admit that I have problematic arguments here. My statements here are shaky and might easily be rebutted but I do promise that I will update my blog regarding this matter when time comes I could come up an argument with a strong foundation.

#3 I Stop to Say Thank You Mama and Papa

Family is a basic unit of society held together by bonds of love and affection. Among all the institution in the society, people consider family as the most important. It is where one grows and develops and ties a strong foundation. That is why most of the people, if not all really value family a lot and would sacrifice everything for their family. But as the world moves toward globalization, valuing the concept family and the family itself had decline. People nowadays live in a very busy and competitive world and seems to set aside family next to career and money. Even the Philippines which are considered as people who had a strong family ties are influenced by the values of foreign countries. But still most of the Filipinos have maintained the values.

Ten years from now, by that time I would be independent from my parents and with God’s grace will be having my own career and money, I would still love my parents the same how much I love them now. I would take good care of them same as how they take good care of me. Provide them what they need and want. And I will spend enough quality time in every day of their life. And at the same time I’ll make sure that they will be proud of me in everything I do. I will always give them reason to smile. The greatest gift I could them is happiness and time.

For all the things, support, happiness, time, and love that my parents have given me, I will repay them by doing my best in my studies and to be a good son always. I will obey them, respect them, and love them more. I could show this by doing things that will make them proud and avoid doing things that would make them sad and worry.

#2 Am I a Good Reader and Writer?

                My teacher in my English 1 class have given us a task to evaluate ourselves as a reader and a writer and if I consider myself as a good reader and a good writer – this task really had given me a hard time to think. After a deep thought, I have realized the importance of having good reading and writing habits. I felt guilty of not loving the books more.

                As I evaluated myself as a reader, I have come into a conclusion that I could classify myself as a casual reader. A casual reader as cited from www.saskschools.ca reads for a purpose such as an assignment or specific information need, will occasionally read for pleasure, would read more if encouraged and has average reading skills. Most of the time I read books and other reading materials because of academic purposes. I have a very poor reading habits, I think I have only read five novels in my whole life, two are works of Paulo Coelho, one is Mitch Albom’s work and the others I forgot. I find pleasure reading trivia and facts about sports, animals and technology. I give little attention on reading books, articles, magazines, etc. because I am an outdoor person; I spend most of my time playing any sports, chats with my friends, and exercise. In average, I think I only read 20 pages a day. I do appreciate the benefits of reading but I think I need to encourage more myself to improve my reading habits.

                I felt guiltier after I evaluating myself as a writer. I have poor writing habits, I rarely write. I only write when I am asked by my teacher to do so or the situation encourages me to do so. Way back my high school years; I have really a problem on my writing skills. I have a very limited vocabulary and have problem generating ideas that is why I don’t get good grades on my Journalism subject. It takes me two to three hours before I could write an article. This article even took me one and half hour to finish. Since I have started blogging somehow my skill in writing have improve a bit. I hope this will go on.