I don't like survival stories, but I bumped into one today. The story is set in the near future when an earthquake of magnitude 8 Richter scale strikes Tokyo. Seeing the tall buildings especially around Odaiba which was built on a causeway collapse is scary enough, not to mention seeing people dying by getting crushed under the pillars is enough to make people feel like it's a living hell. But it's not the real hell. The part I hate most is when people go insane and start acting stupid and selfish. All kinds of the worst things happen, weird religions rise, weird groups start trying to show off. and weird gangs start attacking people. Even sane people would find it hard to survive.
Therefore, could this situation be worse than war? I haven't experienced war so I can't say, but I know I don't want to be trapped in a place where people have gone mad. But even if we are able to escape those people, we just can't if someone we know is among those insane people. We will want to save them, because that's what we are. Humans are creatures who know how to love and treasure. Dirty as they are, love makes them strong. Everyone is different, but even the most selfish person has at least one person they just can't afford to leave behind.
What would we do when a really big disaster strikes till all hopes are no longer visible? When water pipes are broken causing liquefaction, when electricity is gone, when even fire to keep warm is scarce, when there's not enough place to shelter all survivors, when there's not enough food for everyone. Another question is, what will we be when disaster strikes? Are we going to be the helper, or the helped? Or worse, the hateful troublemaker? We can decide beforehand what we're going to do at times like that, we can decide now while it still hasn't happened. But what we're going to be will depend on what we choose to put our hopes on. If we put our hopes on something that has even 0.00001% chance of crumbling, then we will at least be at loss for words when that hope crumbles. So why don't we put our hopes on something that won't crumble? What is that thing that doesn't crumble, is what we have to decide for ourselves. If science doesn't crumble for you, then you may choose to take it. For me, the only one that will remain no matter what is my beloved God. I choose to put my hopes on God solely.
Therefore, could this situation be worse than war? I haven't experienced war so I can't say, but I know I don't want to be trapped in a place where people have gone mad. But even if we are able to escape those people, we just can't if someone we know is among those insane people. We will want to save them, because that's what we are. Humans are creatures who know how to love and treasure. Dirty as they are, love makes them strong. Everyone is different, but even the most selfish person has at least one person they just can't afford to leave behind.
What would we do when a really big disaster strikes till all hopes are no longer visible? When water pipes are broken causing liquefaction, when electricity is gone, when even fire to keep warm is scarce, when there's not enough place to shelter all survivors, when there's not enough food for everyone. Another question is, what will we be when disaster strikes? Are we going to be the helper, or the helped? Or worse, the hateful troublemaker? We can decide beforehand what we're going to do at times like that, we can decide now while it still hasn't happened. But what we're going to be will depend on what we choose to put our hopes on. If we put our hopes on something that has even 0.00001% chance of crumbling, then we will at least be at loss for words when that hope crumbles. So why don't we put our hopes on something that won't crumble? What is that thing that doesn't crumble, is what we have to decide for ourselves. If science doesn't crumble for you, then you may choose to take it. For me, the only one that will remain no matter what is my beloved God. I choose to put my hopes on God solely.
Sometimes there are really retarded people who think believing in God equals denying science. I won't waste my time explaining what I mean, it should be too obvious, but anyway, believing that the sun will come out the next morning to light the land and to keep freezing people warm is also part of believing in God's compassion, don't you agree? Everything is under God's control, so whatever good thing happens is due to God's compassion. Even things that seem bad at first always turn out to be something useful after all. But when I said hope I wasn't talking about hopes of surviving, but more towards hope of attaining God's eternal love and compassion in heaven in exchange for all that we've done and endured. Heaven is for those who are patient, as God always says. Thus, I'm trying to ask all of us to be patient when the unpredictable happens.
Just like how women tend to get emotional during PMS, some people are just unable to keep sane because they are unable to control themselves. Those people should be helped, not ignored. Therefore people who are able to be sane should refrain from getting emotional just from seeing others becoming so. If everyone wants to be helped, who would be the one lending hands? Men, you are generally made to be stronger than women physically, so protect those women who are made to be stronger emotionally. Women are filled with emotions because it's their nature, so it's just natural for them to be weak. No I'm not being sexist, I'm stating the general truth. Of course there are times when nature changes its course and a man becomes emotional while a woman becomes strong, it's not impossible at all. Anyway the point is when there's a weak person, there's also a strong person. Don't succumb to weakness when you know you can go through it, fight against those wavering feelings.
When there's a strong and composed person around, even crying children will want to become strong. Don't you want to be that catalyst?
Just like how women tend to get emotional during PMS, some people are just unable to keep sane because they are unable to control themselves. Those people should be helped, not ignored. Therefore people who are able to be sane should refrain from getting emotional just from seeing others becoming so. If everyone wants to be helped, who would be the one lending hands? Men, you are generally made to be stronger than women physically, so protect those women who are made to be stronger emotionally. Women are filled with emotions because it's their nature, so it's just natural for them to be weak. No I'm not being sexist, I'm stating the general truth. Of course there are times when nature changes its course and a man becomes emotional while a woman becomes strong, it's not impossible at all. Anyway the point is when there's a weak person, there's also a strong person. Don't succumb to weakness when you know you can go through it, fight against those wavering feelings.
When there's a strong and composed person around, even crying children will want to become strong. Don't you want to be that catalyst?
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