Natutulog ba ang Diyos?

I was going through some YouTube videos and stumbled upon this, Natutulog Ba Ang Diyos by Gary Valenciano.  I went through some comments and was touched by the messages of hope that this has brought to people.  Seasons greetings!

Fundraiser for Artist with Chronic Kidney Disease

The following is a repost of an email sent by my aunt, Lolita Lachica, who is a colleague of the subject.

Dear Art Lovers,

We write to you with regards to our friend and fellow artist, MAICA DELFINO. She is a 31-year old Filipina who was forced to leave her work in Singapore because of rapidly progressing Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD). Within a month, she moved from Stage 3 to Stage 4. She is doing her best to fight the disease and to prevent moving to the final stage (Stage 5 = total kidney failure).Her doctor has recommended a kidney transplant as soon as possible.

Maica used to be a hardworking, inspired, productive yet struggling visual artist, who sought employment as a graphic artist in Singapore the past few years and had begun to exhibit her works in Southeast Asia. After her health rapidly deteriorated, Maica had to stop working and come home to the Philippines. Her family is trying their best to meet medical expenses, but their resources have been severely exhausted. We aim to encourage Maica not to give up.

Thus, we are organizing an art sale to urgently raise funds to help Maica win this battle.
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Gandhi’s Top 10 Fundamentals for Changing the World

This is a repost from Henrik Edberg’s Positivity Blog highlighting Mahatma Gandhi’s 10 fundamentals for changing the world, which ultimately points to change within one’s self as the driving force of a greater, more significant revolution.

If you change yourself you will change your world. If you change how you think then you will change how you feel and what actions you take. And so the world around you will change. Not only because you are now viewing your environment through new lenses of thoughts and emotions but also because the change within can allow you to take action in ways you wouldn’t have – or maybe even have thought about – while stuck in your old thought patterns.

 

And the problem with changing your outer world without changing yourself is that you will still be you when you reach that change you have strived for. You will still have your flaws, anger, negativity, self-sabotaging tendencies etc. intact. 

The Science of Altruism

There have been many arguments for and against altruism, or the unselfish concern for the welfare of others.  One more popular rhetoric is that altruism goes against the aphorism of “survival of the fittest”.  So what drives humans and animals to behave altruistically?

This article may just have the answer.

In studies of the brain performed by researchers at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C., a link has been found between the desire to “do good” and the functioning of the brain. Long associated with an emotional component, or that “warm fuzzy” feeling one thinks of when contemplating altruistic behavior and being kind to others, the drive to be good may be more cerebral than emotional.

Read full article on Associated Content.

Related reading:
The Evidence for the Evolution of Social Responsibility and a sense of Mutual Obligation in Human Society

My View — The Asia Pacific Climate Change Video Contest — ADB

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