A Different Kind of Fireworks

It's just a few hours before fireworks and firecrackers blasts left and right to usher in a new year. Most people spends a big sum of money to burn in this revelry. Even the poor folks under the bridge who do not have enough money to put food in their table surprisingly or should I say maddeningly burn their money on what I consider as senseless noise making. How about you? Does it make you happy creating noise to welcome the new year by lighting up fireworks and firecrackers?

Years back, I am part of the noise making revelry to welcome the new year. I had fun, but now there is so much regret that I did. As I look back not only did I burn money, but I also took part in polluting the environment with noise, thrash, and a lot of smoke! I cannot be happy, healthy, wealthy and holy this way. In fact, i am saddened by the fact that I took part in this senseless madness!

We need a different kind of fireworks... fireworks that do not pollute the environment, and does not burn our money... If we want to be truly happy, let the fireworks of love explode in your heart and make us move to share what we would have spent and wasted by burning fireworks. Then, if we do this , we can help reduce the pollution caused by this annual revelry, thus we breathe cleaner air rather inhale the sooth and smoke of fireworks. If we also desist in this senseless ritual, we can save a lot of money, individually and as a family, community, and country. Imagine . just say each family have spent 300Php to fireworks on the average, and there are say 12 Million Families in the Philippines, we could have saved that's a whopping 3.6Billion pesos, more than enough to feed so many people who do not have any food in their table... I hope more and more people follow the sample of people in Davao, and now in Bangkal Makati who had a total ban in fireworks....

I say again, let a different kind of fireworks burn in the streets!

God bless us all!