The Will of the Wind
[Air Situation Display showing the weather engulfing more than 30 nautical miles of radius from the aerodrome (airport) reference point in the National Capital Region]
Dear Neil,
Today, we expected the landfall of Typhoon "Karding." I am currently on duty at the Control Tower. The winds were reaching a maximum gustiness of 30 knots and we were slowly feeling some movements at the cab. Then came a reflection, our lives cannot, and will not, always be a calm season.
In life, we experience sunny days. Sometimes we also experience rainy days. We tend to feel overwhelmed about problems that we forget to see the rainbow after the drizzles, or the pot of gold at its end. That's just how life works. In most cases, we have no complete control of how life will throw punches at us, or even cast stones. But one thing is for sure, we can always choose to see the goodness there is in every persecution or hardships.
Surely, this typhoon will leave a lot of debris, or a lot of damaged properties and livelihoods, and god-forbid casualties. But we must fret not because the resilience that has grown in our system over the years will leave us not without an option, rather be filled with hope for better days. Together, let's wait as the rainbow unfolds tomorrow, or in the next days to come!
-xoxo
