We were taught to live and follow the Ten Commandments.
But of the ten, the greatest and
most important of all — Matthew 22:36 — is "You shall love the Lord
your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your
mind."
and the second is "You shall love your neighbor as yourself"
Matthew 22:40 "On these two commandments hang all the Laws and the Prophets"
So, why are all these things happening —
Sometime last month, I read in the newspaper that some people are living at the expense of others —
Mr. Neil Cruz of the Philippine
Daily Inquirer wrote about people capitalizing and using their
situation in order to win sympathy and thus live a better life than the
law-abiding neighbor/citizen.
Mr Cruz has been a victim of
illegal settlers in the property that his father bought for them — .
His father had long since joined the Father in heaven — and Mr Cruz
has (I suppose) grandkids by this time — so — I am thinking out loud
— will he or can he solve this — problem (if problem is the right
word for this). I wish he can have justice.
It is also in the Commandment not to:
steal.
bear false witness against your neighbor.
covet your neighbor’s wife, servant or anything that he owns.
This is just a small part of a BIG picture, which I cannot fathom anymore.
A girl committed suicide — out of
poverty. A mother killed her kids and took her own life — out of
poverty. Even if the Governor of that Province was in denial — she
kept saying that it is not out of poverty in her interviews — that
such a thing happened to her area of jurisdiction. A week later, in the
same town of Laguna, another housewife killed herself — because of
poverty!
Mr. Cruz is not alone.
I have my own problems. My father
died and we were not able to grieve. I am still feeling lost about
this. After losing a father and having to face this despicable
situation, my feeling is just indescribable. He left his property and
other worldly/material things unsettled. His two common law wives
fought hard for it — they even fought over for my Dad’s dead body
which they have no legal right. They have no shame. I wish they could
sleep soundly after having done what they did.
My mother and my aunt (my Dad’s sister) told me to let it be — give in and understand. After all he is dead and be respectful.
A person supposed to be a family
has hurt me — only to be told by the husband to understand and let it
pass. I have been criticized — to my face– about my cooking, my life,
my finances, my children and my marriage! Why can I not scream at her
and tell her all the nasty things about her — how cruel she can be.
Hmmmm. How I wish I can but — It’s not is me. I keep everything to
myself. And then I explode.
I already have grandchildren from
my nieces — but I feel like a child deep inside. Afraid to hurt
somebody’s feeling — even if they have hurt mine.
I am tough on my kids — because I
do not want them to be like me. And i am blessed — thank God — for
the wonderful and good kids and for a loving and great husband.
I had been living all my life —
giving and understanding families, friends, neighbors and people. But
why do I feel like bleeding —
We all have our own share of trials and crosses. Life on earth is difficult.
But — If we can all live by the Ten Commandments then I guess — we will be living Heaven on Earth