Nature Power and Power's nature

As we have the 22nd anniversary of the People Power yesterday in the Philippines, I was contemplating on power and its nature. Ironically or metaphorically, there is also power in nature.


I was weakened by the eventual absence of news and contributors in the Family Times website yesterday making me write a letter to the leaders on their action on the status of the website. I got no power to do the editing, lay-outing, re-writing or even the basic data-gathering for news writing as I am based far from the lupang hinirang. I dont know any other reason why local, reagional and national leaders could not send their cntribution for their website. I suggested to the leaders that since they dont use their website, nor value it by posting their activities and reports in there, better close the website since it is not them who pay the fees for the domain/provider of the website. I think there is a moral authority on my suggestion as I do the work in there alone and also look for resources for the payments.

However, that feeling was on weakness and not strenght or power.

Do leaders really have the power? Do they have moral authority to govern an institution or the government? The power and authority should have a moral foundation in order to providentially work for the will of the Maker. But for leaders who could not reveal the truth nor evangelize on the providential status of the land would be cloudy to the eyes of the many. Vague and corrupt communication, motivated projects that just give colors like unnatural flowers for the merit of the ogranizers fooled the nature of power.

Beauty in nature manifests power. Calamity like typhoon is not the only power in nature. Natural growth and development too that collaborates with the many plants, animals and environment has power. The arrangement, system in farming also shows power. The seasonal crafting by the farmers also shows power.

The system of communication, reporting, sharing not only to immediate supervisor or leader but to the subordinates, the associates, the people, the public is also a color of this moral power.

Absence of such weakens not one but many.