LOVE IS A WAR

We are all in a battle, amidst the time and space, although it is not the battle we commonly think of.

Sun Tzu is a great strategist, tactician philosopher and military general. He wrote one of the greatest book in history - THE ART OF WAR. It is a compilation of many strategies devoted in the field of warfare. Little did people know, this book also applies on the complex world of Love.

風林火山 or Furinkazan literally means Wind, Forest, Fire and Mountain. It is the popular version of the battle standard used by the Sengoku period leader Shingen Takeda. The banner he used during his time quotes the four phrases from Sun Tzu's Art of War.

A passage of the books states the following:

"Be as swift as the wind,
 Be as silent as the forest,
 Be as fierce as fire and
 Be as unshakable as the mountain."

Literally speaking, it sounds as if it is about warfare -  a war towards death but as we repeat it, we can think of other instances where this can be applied. The tone also changes as we think that they are scenarios which exhibits the words of the passages.

BE AS SWIFT AS THE WIND - in Love, sometimes, we need to hurry. We need to show affection. Other may come first and you'll be left and instantly lose that game. Sometimes, to fight for Love, it requires the eradication of our shame and patience and suggests we increase our courage in a more frank manner.

BE SILENT AS THE FOREST - this may suggest that we should move quietly or maybe also, we should become patient. Patiently move towards Love. It may look like it negates the Wind adage at the first line but truthfully, it just compliments it. We can say that the two comes with each other. There are times that we need to be frank and times when we need to stay put for awhile.

BE AS FIERCE AS THE FIRE - Fire beats fire more than water. This time around, courage requires more exposure. Disregarding shame and saying directly what you feel may be the start of putting up courage.

BE AS UNSHAKABLE AS THE MOUNTAIN - Any form of hindrance shall bow down on you. You bombard every single one which comes your way trying to put you down, discouraging you from reaching your goal. You put on your mindset that nothing beats you because you are already invincible.

To prove that this passage summarizing the art of warfare is also quoting Love, let me give you some quotes from other literature which tells that Love is also a War.

"I've fought so many wars in my time. Some I've fought for land, some for power, some for glory. I suppose fighting for love makes more sense than all the rest." ~ King Priam (Troy, 2004)

and...

"Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up." ~ James A. Baldwin

We are all part of an unseen battle called Love.

A SIMPLE ONE CENT ONLY

If you are in a relationship with someone, always remind yourself that it is not for having title or label, satisfying oneself solely for earthly pleasure or having trial and experiment for yourself until you think you are mature enough for the real thing. Don't waste time and feelings. They are meant to be cherished.

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Reduce Reuse Recycle Read books to teach you how [Nature]

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It has been a necessity for humanity to reverse everything they have done to their own planet. Due to the advancement of technologies, its effects has also increased. The most evident effect of urbanization if the wide range invasion of the greenhouse gases. The world has been, needless to say, destroyed so here are some ways to reduce the damage done.

1. Reduce Waste
 The more waste produced, the more we need to know where to dump or how to eradicate it. It is either we dump it in a garbage sites.Methane gases are produced in dump sites, anyway. Other way is to incinerate. Of course, we know what happens in an incinerator. Both shall be creating gases which will contribute to the accumulating heat on our ozone layer.

2. Use less heat and technology
 The more we rely to technology, the more heat is created. Since humans started relying to technology that requires heat and releases heat in the 1850's, earth has become warmer.

3. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
 Reduce waste, as I've said earlier but also we must couple it with reusing things and recycling stuffs. We are creative beings so it is not really that hard to imagine what we can make from junks that most people consider useless. We must not leave more litter. The earth cannot always swallow and disintegrate them. Some takes hundreds of years before they are totally decomposed.


4. Simply Plant Trees

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 Nothing has been much simpler to eradicate the accumulating heat than planting trees. We all know the stuff we learned from Elementary Science that plants reduces and consumes carbon dioxide and releases oxygen which is good for us, human beings. Oxygen helps our world become cooler.

Let's just say that the more heat the earth's atmosphere have, the more there is a tendency to have floods and typhoons. The polar ice caps and permafrost will melt and lands will be flooded. Due to the everchanging weather, climate will also become unusual and the shifting patterns shall have drastic changes. The supplies for human necessity will decrease and there will become inadequacy. People will struggle for more demands and there will be war and looting.

I know I sound quite biblical and prophetic but science proves it is true. Let us not let other humans degrade our own home. There is only one planet Earth.

COMING SOON [Politics]

The Boss thingy going on with President Aquino is quite old and rusty. Most filipinos are actually tired of believing that his proclaimed "Tuwid na Daan" would happen. We might as well call it "Gasgas na sa pandinig" the term "Kayo ang boss ko!".

We all have seen the dramas in Aquino's political world and it is evident that he had done measures against the scums that lingers in the society. He had done such a drastic move bombarding the issues and persons involved in the Pork Barrel Scam but everything turned into a pause when his name came up. Well, I am not surprise. Every politicians, once good, becomes dark as they rule. They all have dirty secrets.

This time around we shall be seeing another tale of unprecedented and astutely shocking circumstances in the history of Philippine Politics and Governance. Another "coming soon" sign in our heads pops up as we heard about the suggestion of another six-year term for his administration. Wait. We shall review a little. In the Philippine Constitution, any president elected are only given one six-year term. It would be deemed unconstitutional if he shall continue with this move on term extension.

He was clearly implying that he himself is in favor. Yes, we can't be certain of what surprise he is going to do but if something is unconstitutional, it should not be done. Further pushing this suggestion into action is the same as having dictatorial tendencies.

Well, we only have one safe thing to do now. Watch how the curtains shall be unfolded in this big screen movie called "Political Reality".