The Mystery of Life: A Journey In Time

 Saturday, January 13, 2007

In front of the computer

11:42 PM

    As the cliché goes, “Life is Inevitable.” The fact that human life emerged billion of years ago is a blessing we modern human beings should thank the Lord our God for. Without Him, we may not have been born as we are today. The oceans, the seas, the land, and the air—we all attribute to the Lord our God. The first creatures—the fish, the other animals, the plants, the trees, the birds, and all other creatures are the reasons why we exist in the first place. Man in the first place were said to be the stewards of the other creations of the Father.
    True as it may be, human beings now are forgetting the fact that they are stewards of Mother Earth. The mere fact that we are stewards of  all the other creations should make us realize that we should take care of the environment for each and everyone to be able to benefit from our actions. Our moral decisions are very much important for the benefit of the many. However, human activities are now destroying what we call the natural habitat of animals--- the environment. The destruction of the environment due to human activities would endanger its constituents. We therefore should have a good understanding and thus reflect on life back to the beginning…
    A trek to the Maryknoll Ecological Sanctuary with my fellow classmates and our Religion Instructor Sir Gil Reoma, made me realize many things I never have realized before. The trek up to the forest-like sanctuary fully opened my eyes on the life humans are living now. The blowing breezes and the fresh air with its picturesque picnic grounds and creative structures helped me realize the real meaning of living on Earth. Being a tiny speck in the Milky Way, humans could still be rationable as to how they live their lives without hurting others. Having been shown the animals such as dinosaurs and monkeys and fishes, I came to realize that humans are not only the care-takers of creation but also connected with other creatures. Family and love characteristics came from the monkeys. As such we are also. The fishes helped the first men to survive. The dinosaurs were believed to have some qualities the human person also has.
    The interconnectedness of human life and other creations would be a principle people nowadays should be aware of. The people of today should take care of the environment because animals may be left homeless. We should live our lives in a way that both humans and environmental constituents would benefit from each other. Humans should be aware of the consequences of their actions. Their mere decision-making would have a big effect on the environmental status. Human activities should be directed to the preservation of environment and natural resources so as to avoid the full speed irreparable disaster of the environment. In addition, humans should live their lives as responsible stewards of the Earth sustaining life, protecting, preserving, and renewing the natural resources of the world. Humans should give respect to these creations as they were also created like one.

      Helping the environment grow and bloom is accepting the fact that we are one with nature. We therefore should learn to conserve and respect our resources. The bottom line is the relationship with nature and human life may be traced back to the early times. We should now be able to respect life and nature for in our journey through time we might be able to solve the mystery of human life…