(Sendong aftermath, photo taken from internet)The New Year is a time to hope. It gives us a chance to make a new beginning and a chance to do things right.
It was indeed a great tragedy that typhoon Sendong visited our country towards the end of this year and wrought so much death and destruction. But it was not Sendong who cut the logs that angrily wiped out communities. It was not Sendong who ignored the warning of scientists about the danger of living on geohazard areas.
While we have no way of escaping from the fury of Mother Nature, we certainly can temper her destructive wrath. That is if we learn our lessons and do the right things.
That which has happened is a warning. To forget it is guilt. (Karl Jaspers, German philosopher)
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