Life Goes On After the Storm

Public Health Nutrition and Child Care

While the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology’s (Phivolcs) information campaign for a possible forthcoming big earthquake is an act of a good father to his family, many sectors and citizens in the country are worried about the bloated coming natural calamity that must be past overdue. The Phivolcs says the damage from the possible shaking can lead to disaster and devastation of fault lines that stretch from Marikina to Quezon City and up to Calamba, Laguna. But we are strong and resilient people as one good cardinal said during the Pope’s visit. Let us not forget too that worrying can lead to sickness, such as anxiety, headaches, hypertension, diabetes, and even cancer.

Life went on after Ondoy. Life continued after the storm surge in Tacloban. With God’s saving grace, life will continue after the next big natural disaster. Let us enjoy the blessings of life. Let us remain vigilant and prepared but let us not worry so much. Let us live life to the fullest. Let us enjoy life as the writers Stock, Altken and Weathermen say it in the song “Enjoy Yourself.”

Enjoy yourself. It’s later than you think. Enjoy yourself, while you’re still in the pink. The years go by, as quickly as a wink. Enjoy yourself, enjoy yourself, It’s later than you think.

You worry when the weather’s cold, You worry when it’s hot. You worry when you’re doing well, You worry when you’re doing not. It’s worry, worry all of the time, You don’t know how to laugh. They’ll think of something funny When they write your epitaph.

You’re gonna take that ocean trip No matter come what may. You got your reservations But you just can’t get away. Next year, for sure, you’ll see the world, You’ll really get around; But how far can you travel When you’re six feet underground?

Enjoy yourself. It’s later than you think. Enjoy yourself, while you’re still in the pink. The years go by, as quickly as a wink. Enjoy yourself, enjoy yourself, It’s later than you think.