Suffer the Little Children

Have you ever thought about how much children have to suffer because this world has decided to be unfit for these angels? But then you can’t help but admire their resilience, their zest for living and standing above all these. I wish we still had the wisdom of children, the freedom that they feel as they run across fields or all over crowded streets. And what of the hope they have in their hearts? How come we cause them so much pain, like fragile butterflies crushed in our palms?

We are what we are now because of the wisdom and hope that we’ve lost as children. And then it goes back, way, way back. What a mean cycle. When will it end?
(image from stat.gov.uk)

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On a lighter note, I’ve listed the following myths that we believed (or were made to believe) when we were kids. Some are totally silly but since myths are mirrors of our consciousness, in a sense, there are truths in them, too. Haha. I didn't translate them in English anymore. Mas totoo sya sa Tagalog :)

1. bawal mag-payong sa loob ng bahay; uulan ng butiki
2. pag may sugat ka, lalabas ang tren---o pari--dun sa sugat
3. pag umuulan at umaaraw ng sabay, may kinakasal na tikbalang
4. pag makati ang ilong, may mamamatay na Intsik (ang sama no!)
5. pag nilunok mo ang bubble gum, magdidikit-dikit ang intestines mo
6. pag nilunok mo ang buto ng calamansi, tutubo ang calamansi sa tiyan mo hanggang mapuno ang tiyan mo ng calamansi!
7. pag nag-iyak-iyakan ka, magkakatotoo ang iniiyak mo
8. bawal maligo pag 3pm na on Good Friday, magiging dugo ang tubig!
9. pag dumami nang dumami ang kuto mo, ililipad ka ng mga ito sa puno ng kawayan na may kumukulong langis
10. pag natulog ka nang gutom, tatayo ang kaluluwa mo, magbubukas ng kaldero hanggang sa matabunan sya ng kaldero--OR
11. tatayo ang kaluluwa mo, lalabas ng bahay, tatawid papunta sa tindahan para bumili ng pagkain---at masasagasaan!
12. pag kumukulog, nagagalit si God kasi matigas ang ulo mo--OR
13. nagbo-bowling si San Pedro sa langit kaya kumukulog

What else, what else? P and I were still in bed this morning when I started thinking about these. Ano pa ba? :)