Daily Lessons from Life 09 January 2011 - Are These Signs of Something?

"Sun, Jan 09, 2011 New Straits Times - Are these signs of something?

THE start of the year has been rather strange, hasn't it? Birds have been falling from the sky in thousands and whole river and lake loads of fish have been going belly-up, among other things.

Apart from the unexplainable, there have also been things that are quite easily explained. Things like floods and other natural disasters.

Australia has blamed its recent flooding, which some say is of Biblical proportions, on La Nina. And apparently, some of the birds were killed by exploding New Year's eve fireworks.

No doubt, however, that some predicted the end of the world is nigh as these are signs of Armageddon.

Birds dropping dead in mid-flight. Fish dying in the thousands, seemingly at the same time. Floods of "Biblical" proportions. These are being linked to everything from the Bible and other holy books and predictions from probably every prophet, seer or psychic known and unknown, living and dead."

Indeed it is hard NOT to try to find a link to something that say: maybe, just maybe, these are signs that the world is coming to an end!

Lessons for me are:

1. if you believed, it is possible that it may actually be signs of the end of the world! and if you don't, it is ok as when the world does come to an end, you will know since there is no place to hide!;

2. for the religious, some of them anyway, the end of the world means the beginning of something new. For some, it simply means a full-stop. Period. Whatever goes on after death is none of their concerns. For me, I just hope that it is not like the current world, facing disasters that are natural as well as man-made! e.g. the earthquakes (natural?), floods (man-made?), poisoning rivers (man-made!!), etc!;

3. in the meantime, it is time to do good and be good. Not just to yourself but also for fellow human kind that are less fortunate than us. Share a little joy, a little passion, a little something that we can afford to give away. A little love. And plenty of knowledge and the will to apply the knowledge to make life a little better.

Are these signs of something? Yes. There are signs that we need to change for the better! Anytime to start is a good time!! Even in the 2nd week of 2011 is not too late!!