Everything ends in this world. Nothing's permanent. The end of many things does not happen all at once, yet, people believe that next year, 2012, will be the end of the world.
Yep, the whole world. We are all aware of what the Mayans predicted about 'the end' of the world-the Earth will be aligned with the sun and the center of our universe, gravitational pulls, orbit broken, disasters, blam blam blam!
People are so paranoid that everytime something BIG happens in a place, they flood our Facebook walls with their claims that it is the apocalypse (yep, it is the high-tech version of a cardboard saying 'the end has come' as they stand on streets). Who are you, a mayan? Nostradamus? Are you the new messiah? My ass.
Yesterday afternoon, March 11, was the time we heard about the news about an 8.5 magnitude earthquake in Japan. Hours later, videos of an enormous tsunami flooded the web.
One scientific fact I found related to this is the upcoming Supermoon. Not that our satellite decided to wear a cape and a brief outside its suit. This is when the moon comes to its closest to our planet. Gravitational pull, disasters, blam blam blam!
After being Einstein Junior for one paragraph, I decide to just hush--cause I know no more. But for some more serious note, do we really need to make everyone panic? Are we sooooo excited about the end of the world that we want to be part of the bandwagon where people become flea in the ear?
Come on. The end happens all the time. We're just too busy that we forget to recoil. Tsunami or not, we face death in everyday life. We are swept away by the tide of mediocrity, we are engulfed by the pollution, we are drowned by the everyday battles for hope, peace, prosperity, love... The end is near--it always is. But I guess those tweets and wall posts can be useful in some ways; like reminding people to make the best in life--and be nice to others and to the world!
Your time is running out and you don't even know it. What have you done so far in your life to not worry that you'll end it without worrying?
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