Miah Learns to Write

Photo by Alex Blăjan on Unsplash His POV: I have traveled far and wide looking for her She was the light that shines in the morning Now, my days would be bright once again When I had nothing, she was my everything Now, I have everything but I feel lacking My heart longs to be by her side, beating next to her Serendipity, that's what brought me to her I had lost hope of ever finding her again Until I caught a glimpse of something peculiar I blinked my eyes, I wasn't mistaken, it was her I tried to come up to her but I didn't know what to say I panicked, I turned around and walked the other way My heart was pounding, leaping in my chest I decided to wait for the right moment to meet her And finally spend the rest of my life with her Days passed and I stood on the corner of the street Same time each day, waiting to see her again But she didn't come, and I started doubting Did I really see her or was it just an illusion? Was my mind playing...

From: Open Cliparts-Vectors via Pixabay For people who know me, this may come off as a shocker. Most of the time, people would see me as a docile, reserved, or simply calm; at times, I would be cheerful and boisterous; while there are instances when I can be sharp and droll. Nobody would ever think me to be the type who would fly off the handle or go berserk. But there have been a handful of moments when I became slightly frustrated and eventually outright angry. Since then, I have not had any episodes of violent outbursts or fits of rage or even snapping at other people because I try to control myself and suppress my anger. Something I have realized, however, is that my suppression of the emotion of anger can become harmful because the emotion just gets bottled up inside and when it gets filled up, it needs to be released otherwise, I would implode or have a meltdown. My fear was that I could hurt someone in my anger which is why I suppressed it because I also knew the destr...

From: AP via Phil. Daily Inquirer Lately I have been thinking about the recent events in the Philippines and I came up with a bizarre theory about the war on drugs campaign by the administration which I hope would not be the case because I find it more appalling than the current situation. In my economics class, we talked about how a country grows and develops, as measured by the gross domestic product or national income, through the perspective of the Solow growth model (Neoclassical growth theory) and the endogenous growth model. Basically, these models presume that a country's capacity to save or invest, given a closed economy, determines how fast it would grow, and the saving rate is variable that affects growth. Other factors also influence the growth of the economy such as the population growth rate and rate of technological change or advancement. From our analysis, we can infer that a larger population would require a smaller allocation of resources for the economy and...

The picture above illustrates a well-known monument showing a towering edifice that aimed to reach the heavens, and probably an epitome of human ingenuity and collaboration. This is the Tower of Babel described in the Bible (Genesis 11) and the story goes that the people of those times were roaming around the earth and were commanded by God to scatter and fill the earth, which was simple enough but instead of doing that, they blatantly disregarded and disobeyed God by settling in one place and building this tower so that they may make a name for themselves. God seeing the intentions of the people, came down to see the work of their hands and He frustrated their plans by confusing their speech and thus, we now have thousands of languages that identify different people groups and cultures around the world. At first glance, it seems like a simple passage but there are questions that arise from the events that happened such as why did God want the people to scatter and conversely, why...

By: congerdesign at pixabay I have heard of the golden verse in the Bible since I was a kid (John 3:16) and I knew about Jesus Christ because my parents taught me about the Christian faith and always brought me to Sunday school so these truths were ingrained in me from my childhood but I only realized and understood what they all meant recently, about four years ago, and at that point, it all jumped out at me full of meaning and vigor, the Word of God, active, alive, and at work in me. And it has been the most joyful, exciting, fulfilling, and incredible experience I have ever had. For almost 2,000 years this same message, the Gospel of Jesus Christ, has been transforming lives and turning the world upside down, and I would like to argue that the world has essentially not changed since the ancient times with respect to human nature and the inclinations of the human heart which is I believe the fundamental issue that is central to all dilemmas being faced in every aspect and in e...