Invalidity: A Blessing in Disguise?

Chacha is the youngest of our canines. Unlike his brother, he’s got coarse black coat, rather minuscule body, and crooked shanks. His brother, Chocho, is born with velvety brown coat. He’s much taller, well-built, handsome and elegant, and strides gracefully like a proud steed. Chocho loves to sunbathe on the sods, while Chacha sleeps by the fish pond.

“You really shouldn’t take naps there, Chacha!” I often warn him. “You might plunge into the pond – and it’s deep!”

But he loves the pond, and he likes watching frogs and butterflies play about near the surface of the water.

One day, as I was busy in the kitchen, I heard a splash and a loud yelp. I immediately ran to the backyard, cursing, “Oh… How many times do I need to warn that bloody black dog not to –“

I was stunned as I came to the pond. There – panicking in the fish pond – was Chocho! I dragged him out of the water, all drenched. “This is OUTRAGEOUS!” I barked at him. “How can it be that YOU fell into the water with all those perfect limbs of yours while your limp brother watches by the pond?”

“Darling, I guess the reason why it was Chocho you found in the pond and not Chacha is because he’s the one who wasn’t born with crooked shanks,” explained my husband.

I sat and contemplated. At first it sounded absurd, but then I realized there was an overwhelming truth in Octavian’s words. Invalidity – lack of vital strength, disproportioned body members, blindness and so forth – sometimes comes as a blessing in disguise for the person who bears it. As some of our body members loses (or degraded of) their functions, other members cover it up by becoming more alert.

Blind people tend to have much sharper hearing than normal individuals. Weak people mostly work more slowly but end up with much more excellent result in details compared to stronger ones. Polio sufferers never stumble on their way because they are always naturally careful in taking every step they make.

In this case, so is Chacha. I suddenly realize that Chacha is always wary as he moves about – different from Chocho who often bumps into things and trees. So, I guess I needn’t worry about leaving him to sleep by the fish pond after all…

BlackBerry - and all that comes with it!

My husband and I often see on Facebook how some of our friends apply the latest technology in their daily lives. PDA is out. BlackBerry is the newest trend. Though it may cost hundreds of dollars, they would pay whatever price it demands to get a step ahead of everyone else or simply to keep up with the trend. Besides, why opt for a slower, more inconvenient way of working and communicating while you can afford a better, faster, and more efficient gadget?

As it is, some of our executive and professional friends purchase this latest high-techno gear – either by saving cash or using credit cards. They seem to enjoy it.

“Do you want it, too?” Octavian asked.

I laughed. “I’ll want it when I need it.”

One of the things my spouse and I have in common is that we don’t find it amusing to be trapped into the latest trend. We purchase something when it’s necessary to buy – not when the world around us falls into a trend fever.

In this fast-moving technology and information era, eventually people will fall into two categories: the trendsetter and the trend-victim. The first consists of highly innovative individuals who always use the best of their abilities and talents to create or discover a better way of living. The second, as we may guess, are people who simply follow and apply whatever the previous class is launching into the global market.

Sadly, the majority of us belong to the second class. We don’t use our brain. We use our wallet. In the end, we suddenly realize that our mind has turned rusty and we want to solve everything with a push of the button. We become more attached to microchips and not to relationships. We don’t find vis-à-vis communication important anymore.

We turn into a mechanical-organism, not a living human being.

It’s not to discredit the latest technology, though. BlackBerry is necessary – especially for highly mobile professionals and executives who put “updating news and information” somewhere around the top of their lists.

The underlining question is: does applying technology prevents us to become the human we should be?

Aging, Decline & Death

An 80-year-old, well-to-do woman stepped into the beauty parlor, as she always did every beginning of the month. Her aura of elegance instantly filled the room. At once, the attendants greeted her, assisted her to the chair and immediately worked on her silky, silvery hair and fingernails.

“Madam, I personally envy you,” commented the young woman trimming her hair. “You seem to always stay on the prime of life, though passed your 80^th birthday.”

The elderly lady sighed.

“To be honest, Child,” she said. “I am so tired of going on living. I’m over 80 and all the people I love had died – one by one, leaving me alone in this same, never-ending life. I wonder if God has forgotten to call me home.”

Imagine that!

Most of us – women in particular – are so afraid of aging. We get so anxious when time moves on toward our 30^th or 40^th birthday. We begin panicking when suddenly we find wrinkles under our eyes. We buy anti-aging cream, under-eye concealer and expensive cosmetics to keep our skin young. But they don’t prevent. They simply delay the process – for a relatively short time.

We fear cancer, stroke, osteoporosis, cholesterol and diabetes. We worry all the time at diseases lurking within our bodies, as if they’re burglars waiting to break into our homes. We don’t want to die on our deathbed, suffering from terminal illnesses.

We want to stay young, healthy and happy forever.

Isn’t it true for the majority of us?

The bad news is: that is not the axiom of living on Planet Earth.

Every living creature gets born, grows up, becomes mature, ages, declines and dies.

That’s the basic rule of life. Sadly, most of us humans only want to accept the first half. That leaves us living the second half of the process taunted by fear of death.

What’s so wrong about death anyway? It’s just as normal and natural as birth, if we’d want to have a second look. And death doesn’t have to be painful either.

(To be frank, some of us will have to admit that we actually fear the pain of dying instead of death itself.)

My late pastor once said, “Death has nothing to do with illness.”

He was quite right. He died after blessing his grandchildren and praying with them before going to bed. Then, he closed his eyes, fell into a deep sleep – and was gone.

Maybe we should pause for a while and give it a thought. Aging, decline and death are basically part of a natural process. There’s no use avoiding, preventing or denying them.

Instead of fearing the process of aging, why don’t we take it as a phase of growing into wisdom? And instead of being anxious about how we will die, try accepting that to die means to move on to a much better world – the world of eternity, the world where there is no more sadness, or worries, or fear, or unhappiness.

Perhaps by understanding and accepting these processes, we shall be able to live life to the full, without unnecessary anxieties. And living without worries may keep both our mind and body healthy till old age.

Then, we’ll be able to welcome death with open arms – to carry us to a far better realm.

A Little Butterfly

I found a pretty, little butterfly

Trapped in my living room, one day.

It flapped its wings against the window,

Tirelessly – hopelessly –

Fighting hard to reach the outside world:

The sky, the wind, the sunlight gleam.

“Don’t worry, little thing,” said I.

“I’ll set you free, you’ll see.”

I opened the window to let it fly away

To freedom and – OH! –

It flew straight into a spider’s web

And ended in the spinner’s mouth!

I felt so sorry and began to sob,

“I thought I was doing good…”

But you were, said a still, small voice.

To the starving spider.

The Problem about Dangdut

The only thing I hate about weddings here in the village is the music. They are always playing dangdut on large sound-system stereos for two whole days!

It’s part of the tradition.

There’s nothing wrong with tradition. There’s nothing wrong with sound-system stereos and music for 48 hours, either. The problem – for me, as I am being subjective on the matter – is THE KIND OF MUSIC THEY’RE PLAYING!

Dangdut! Rock dangdut! Alternative dangdut!

Whatever they call it these days, the kind of dangdut now in existence is not as sweet as it used to be three decades past. Not to mention the lyrics!

Check out what one of these songs says:

Apa artinya malam Minggu

Bagi orang yang tidak mampu?

Mau ke pesta tak beruang.

Akhirnya nongkrong di pinggir jalan.

What Saturday night’s worth

For penniless men?

No money for partying,

So we end up sitting by the road.

Or this one:

Mati aku! Ayahku tahu

Aku sedang bercinta dengan pacarku!

I’m doomed! My dad’s found out

I was making love to my lover!

As some of you may laugh or smile at the above lyrics, most people don’t find this a serious matter.

“They’re just songs,” they’d say. “You know, to cheer us up.”

Yes. Alright.

But do they know how our ancestors passed down the wisdom, knowledge, norms, moral values, customs and traditions to the next generation?

By SONGS!

The cultural heritage – meaning: all the wisdom that shapes our character and dignity as a nation (or tribe, at the very least) – is handed down through songs and poems! They are moral teachings taught through melodies and lyrics. People are badly mistaken if they think children learn only through textbooks and subjects taught in schools!

What are we teaching our children NOW?
Try noticing the songs you hear on radios and televisions. Most of them talk about vanity, shallowness, materialism, easy-kind-of-love, unfaithfulness, betrayal, love affairs, pre-marital intercourse, and so forth.

That’s what our children are learning nowadays!

Pause and think for 5 seconds.

When – in the last decade – do we ever hear a song that really builds and strengthen the morality and enrich the wisdom of the people?

Sadly, if things go on this way, I’m afraid there won’t be much to hope for in our children and the next generation of this nation.

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Mitch Albom's THE FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN

A crippled old man was sitting on a bench of an amusement park by the sea. It was his 83^rd birthday. There he sat, watching the waves rolled and splashed on the beach, wondering why all the people he ever loved – his mother, his brother, his friends, his most-cherished wife – had all left him to live this wretched life in this wretched place, doing the same, wretched job decades after decades.

He was lonely. Very lonely.

Sitting all by himself on that bench by the seashore, he thought of when his time to die would come. He desired to go to heaven and be reunited with his family. And that wish was granted almost in an instant!

A few minutes afterward, an accident took place. The old man tried to save a little girl’s life and lost his in the attempt. As his birthday wish was fulfilled, he was taken into heaven. But the heaven he discovered was not the kind of place with the sort of people he had ever imagined!

Who was it he met in heaven?

To answer that question, I suggest you read The Five People You Meet in Heaven, a book by Mitch Albom. It’s a thought-provoking one, I’d say – a book that really makes you sit down to rethink of your life.

We, human, can never get the whole picture. We think of life as a series of jumbled, irregular pieces of a big, jigsaw puzzle – most of the time. But when life comes to an end (or halt, for us, readers), the time comes for us to comprehend its meaning in full. As our perspective in viewing life changes, we shall be able to understand that even the tiniest coincidence happens for a reason, and a total stranger we bumped into by the road may alter our entire course of life. Viewed from that angle, we may suggest that basically there is no such thing as coincidences or accidents, aliens or strangers.

Everything that happens, happens with a purpose. Every life we touch will – to some extent – be influenced by what we do. We are all linked in a loop that never ends. It is quite true.

This is the kind of book that makes its readers wiser, the kind that opens a window in the air and shows us a new (but familiar) kind of beauty without needing to add a single word.

Thanks, Mitch, for sharing it with us.

A Lesson on Patience

My husband’s cell-phone was damaged and had to be repaired thrice before it could function again (this teaches us a valuable lesson: never entrust an electronic device to children under two-years of age because they are still in their oral phase and may treat your gadget as lollipop – like what Sarah did to Octavian’s phone). Anyway, even after reparation, his phone doesn’t function as normal as it used to. We have to take time pressing one button after another, gently and patiently, or it won’t work at all.

This can be very frustrating, especially when there is a state of urgency and we have to send SMS as soon as possible. A message (that usually takes less than a minute to send) now demands five times as much time. I keep telling myself, “Take it easy, no need to rush!” whenever typing a message.

But something struck me this morning. I suddenly realize that MOST of the routines I do are now done in a much more calmly way. Instead of rushing to and fro, banging and slamming things as I move about, I tend to work – and even speak! – in a more careful and calmly way. Is it possible that taking time and carefulness in using a half-damaged cell-phone brings about a change in one’s attitude?

Perhaps it does. I suddenly recall Dieter Mack’s criticism on the rise of digital era. It was in an interview during Indonesian Art Summit 2004 that this writer, professor, and avant-garde music composer criticized that the rapid growth of information and technology brings a negative impact on human behavior. He explained that people nowadays are so used to the acceleration of news-feed that they can no longer dig deep into the core of matters. Here are some examples: every news broadcasted on television takes about 2-3 minutes of our time, video-clips of popular music takes approximately 5 minutes, and advertisements merely takes seconds to watch!

Before anyone can digest a certain case, they are already exposed to another! No wonder people of this generation have difficulty appreciating anything deeply and genuinely! This is sadly true in nearly every country in the world.

People these days have very low rate of patience. They tend to focus on instant results instead of appreciating processes. The easy access to all sorts of information and quick answers for all questions and problems causes people to unable to concentrate on processes and/or appreciate details.

People don’t contemplate anymore. They can’t concentrate on a certain matter for long. They tend to rush in everything they do. And when there is no quick and easy answer to their problems, they grow restless, anxious, and depressed. Their mind has turned shallow and their inner strength for striving is sapped.

I never understood Mack’s explanation before, even after years reading his essays and books. But now, I understand it to the full! I hope you, too, may understand this lesson on patience – without getting your cell-phone damaged at first place, hopefully.

The Price of Ministry

Over two millennia ago, Jesus said that anyone who gives even a glass of water to another because the latter is His disciple will never lose his/her reward. It’s an irreversible law of God. Whatever the Lord says can never be altered. So, Jesus’ word stands up to this day – and further on. Every tiny act within the ministry of God’s field really counts before Him.

Imagine this: a servant of God is exhausted after a long and tiresome evangelism service somewhere in a remote village. A little girl approaches him, handing him a glass of cold water to drink. Surely that’s a relief for the minister, and very much appreciated.

BUT… now, imagine THIS: another servant of God is preaching in the ballroom of a five-star hotel before an audience of hundreds. After the service is over, he receives invitations from dozens of people and attends a dinner with notable men – where, of course, they don’t serve him a glass of water, but cocktail punch and fresh orange juice that come in gallons. Will he appreciate it as much as the servant of God in the above example?

Now, that’s the problem. True, God writes everything in His book and rewards every person according to his/her good deeds. Nothing is hidden or overlooked in His sight. But unfortunately, man doesn’t possess the same vision as He does. While God looks at the heart, man looks at the deeds. God counts the quality, man counts the quantity. Many times, our focus deviates from God – we thought we are doing something for the ministry of a certain servant of God, and not for the ministry of the Lord.

I thank God that He has moved us from the city to the village. I realize now that one of the reasons He did it was to teach us to understand the price of ministry before Him. Back in the city, we attended and served in a large-scale church with a thousand members of congregation. It has got hundreds of choir members and dozens of wonderful-voiced singers and so many musicians that losing one or two members don’t count at all. When we were there, we knew we were serving the Lord, but we didn’t find our ministry worth anything. There wasn’t much appreciation coming from other members of the congregation – and it sorts of deviates our appreciation toward the ministry of the Lord as well.

But now, here in the village, where we are shepherded in a small church with fifty people attending each Sunday, every single ministry we do extremely counts! With so few persons able to serve God in music and praise, our existence in this little church is really appreciated, and every tune we sing and play truly worth something. And, which is more, we realize – as clear and sharp as crystal shards – that we are doing this for the Lord. He is with us in every song we sing and every chord we play.

Thank God for His wonderful and unfathomable plans…! For the Lord is good, and His mercy endures forever…!

Feline Delivery

What good news! THIS queen-cat of ours happened to deliver her firstborns yesterday at dawn: two bi-color and one tri-color kittens. A natural mother at her first delivery experience, she is now extremely protective and hisses at anyone who approaches. I’ve provided a cozy box in our garage where she can nurse her kittens safely and comfortably. It’s what a pet-lover can do to her beloved feline.

“Look, Darling,” I said to my husband. “Aren’t they sweet?”

“Yes, they do look sweet. But, Honey,” protested Octavian. “How are we going to take care of so many cats? There are five of them now!”

Oh… well. Anyone care to adopt?

Surabaya: Not the Home of Art and Cultural Heritage

What do I miss most from Surabaya?

No, not the theatres, malls and shopping centers – though they sprout all over the city like mushrooms in rainy seasons. And not the food and beverages either. Not the night life and everything that comes with it.

Rather, it’s the libraries (small but comfortable as I remember them) and art-and-cultural events (which are never held too often, and not in great scale either).

Oh, how I miss The British Council with its fine collection, and the bibliotheque of CCCL with its artistic interior! I used to spend hours reading and relaxing in these libraries, allowing my mind to be carried away to distant lands or sparked with brand new ideas. I miss the dances and theatres held in Cak Durasim, as well as the art exhibitions in Balai Pemuda. I miss the piano recitals, chamber music and jazz concerts held in Mandarin Oriental, Novotel and Sheraton. Musicians from Germany and France would perform in these public spots as part of bilateral art-and-cultural exchange programs.

But always, as I observe for years, the libraries are never too packed with people seeking knowledge or simply digging up information, just as the art and cultural exhibitions are never too crowded with audience desiring to listen to or watch a genuine masterpiece. I tend to meet the same people over and over, as if art, culture and knowledge in this city belonged to a certain group of highly-exclusive audience.

It is not so (or so I’ve heard) in Jakarta, Bandung and Jogjakarta. Jakarta has all the embassies of the world proposing art-and-cultural programs so that there are always two or three events held each week! Bandung is not so far behind the capital city, and Jogjakarta is so rich in art-and-cultural heritage that even the air you breathe smells of wisdom and noble art!

What about Surabaya?

Surabaya, on the other hand, is not so keen on enhancing the growth of art and culture within its walls.

Why? Because – naturally – the Surabayans are business-oriented, hard-working people. At the heart of the city life are competitions and career-building, not the subtleness of art and socio-cultural heritage. The frame of mind of the citizens is focused on economic growth and rate of prosperity.

It’s not a wonder that:

• Libraries are mostly visited by students, scholars and researchers seeking sources for their homework and papers. Rarely would people outside the circle of academicians spend their precious time (for time is money) lounging in public libraries for soul-nourishment.
• Art-and-cultural events are attended by a group of people (mostly those of relevant professions such as artists, musicians and writers) who anchor their interest in these fields. And trust me, their number is never big.
• Music schools and courses are enrolled by students whose parents desire prestige for their children. Music courses are expensive; therefore, parents think that the more their children master (classical European) music, the more prestigious their value becomes in the eyes of others.
• Such music schools and courses focus on competitions (and along with it: profit) to satisfy parents’ desire to gain fame and prestige for their children, and not on the joy and contentment of the children themselves in being able to play good music for enjoyment.

Thus, in the midst of the city’s busyness and pursuit for prosperity, art-and-culture lies estranged, desolate and miserably lonely.

And high-perched on the slope of this mountain, I sit down and sigh…

Maintaining the Quality of the Bride

Sunday sermon at GPdI Bethania, delivered by Rev. Steve Poluan on April 5, 2009:

The Shulamite: “I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.”

King Solomon: “Like a lily among thorns is my darling among the maidens.”

(Song of Songs 2:1-2)

The book Song of Songs in the Bible depicts the love between God and His people, between Christ and the Church, which is reflected in the love song of Solomon and his beloved bride, the Shulamite.

As the Church of God, Christians ought to possess the same quality as presented by the Shulamite in the above verses. She was the Rose of Sharon, the Lily of the valleys. She was beautiful. She was pure. She was fragrant. She possessed such a quality and confidence that Solomon, King of Israel, valued her above all women and chose her as his bride. Likewise, the Church ought to possess and maintain the quality of the Bride of Christ before Him, the Heavenly Bridegroom.

Nevertheless, some believers doubt whether or not such quality is theirs. Some are not so sure they are worthy to be called the Bride of Christ. Some are even uncertain of their salvation! How come? It is because they tend to look upon their infirmities and make them a cause of unworthiness before God.

The Shulamite, too, was not free of blemish. She openly said of her shortcoming:

“Dark I am, yet lovely, O Daughters of Jerusalem, dark like the tents of Kedar, like the tent curtains of Salma” (Song of Songs 1:5).

The point is: the Shulamite did not let this weakness kept her from pleasing her beloved bridegroom, Solomon. Some people thought that just because they are not as well-off, well-born, or well-educated as others, they are not worthy to share in the Lord’s Body.

It is not so! Every living person has flaws, shortcomings and infirmities. God knows them full well. None of these things matters to Him, for He seeks the motives of our hearts – whether or not we place the desire to serve and please God as our ultimate goal and delight.

Take the churches in Philippi and Macedonia, for examples. In the days of the apostles, these churches were considered small in number and in deep poverty. Yet in their lack of provision, they were able to provide for Apostle Paul’s ministry and even show abundant generosity toward God’s saints beyond their apparent ability to give (read II Corinthians 8:1-7 and Philippi 4:15-19). So astounding was their quality in ministering to the needs of the saints that Apostle Paul highly praised them and set these churches as profound examples for the other, greater churches.

Should we not also follow their examples?

Nonetheless, when we already possess the quality God so desires to see in us, we need to take heed His warning: “Like a lily among thorns is my darling among the maidens.”

Let us not forget that we are living among “thorns” in the midst of this perishing world. The arrogance, pleasures, worries, anxieties, temptations and troubles of this world are already at bay to overrun and crush us.

As beloveds of the Lord, we are expected to serve and please Him with pure motivation while keeping ourselves untarnished by the guiles of the world. Such is the quality of the Bride of Christ!

Stay Healthy -- Stay Out of Faulty Diet!

When asked what my favorite food was, I used to chart “fried chicken and root-beer float at the nearest CFC restaurant” on top of the list – but that was nearly two decades ago. Today, my favorite menu is “bean-cakes with papaya blossoms and dabu-dabu, accompanied by a glass of hot lemon tea.” That’ll make a perfect meal!
Do you notice the difference between the two preferences?
There’s a big alteration on lifestyle and health between them!
Many people undergo changes in their lifestyle. When it comes to food-consumption pattern, a great deal of health issue is concerned. Some experts observe that a number of life-threatening diseases tend to climb up the list quite drastically in the past decade: coronary heart-attack, cancer of the colon and CVA (cerebral-vascular attack, a.k.a. stroke) are some that people fear the most. These days, they may attack ANYONE, nearly regardless of age. One of my ex-schoolmates died of cancer before graduating from college and my husband’s friend died of CVA at the age of 38 – to mention some among thousands of victims.
How is it so? Well, the society’s lifestyle has altered much within the past quarter of century. We are now living in an “instant” age: instant news and information, instant remedy, instant food and beverages. True, time-saving is necessary, but it is NOT necessarily so when it comes to eating and drinking habit.
Why? It is because human digestion system is not meant for instant processing! And most people are either uninformed or indifferent of it. Most of the prevailing diseases threatening mankind these days come as the result of faulty diet.
For instance:
• Most fast food restaurants serve high fat and high carbohydrates dishes. Fat, as we are aware of, is unhealthy for the body since plenty of animal toxic residue is stored in fat layers. And animal protein consumed with carbohydrates is bad for digestion, because each element takes different amount of speed to digest thoroughly (see FOOD COMBINING by Andang Gunawan). When not processed thoroughly, it produces toxic residue that ends up adhered on the walls of the colon, hence resulting in cancer of the colon in the long run.
• Too much fat in the diet increases the rate of cholesterol in blood capillaries which may block blood-flow from or to the heart (resulting in coronary heart-attack) and/or brain (resulting in CVA).
• Most instant snacks are spiced and colored with artificial flavors, artificial colorings and monosodium glutamate (MSG). What these flavorings really are is salt and toxin in relatively small amount. When taken daily (or several times a day), they will pile up in our circulatory system, resulting in headaches, gastrointestinal irritation, and diminution of IQ in children.
The issue of health is very much concerned with people’s food-consumption pattern. The healthiest pattern in to have lots of vegetables and plant protein (soy, bean-cakes, bean-curd, etc.) in our diet, fruit taken daily, a dish of animal protein once or twice a week (provided they’re not accompanied by carbohydrates) and to avoid instant food and beverages.
Why don’t you try applying this pattern for a couple of months or so? You’ll see for yourselves how much healthier your body and mind will turn out.
Good luck!

Climate Chaos!

It’s already June and it’s still raining in Indonesia!
When I was a little girl, the rainy season would start late in October (or early November) and end some time around mid-April.
That fact changes within the last few years.
Take last year for instance. I remember finding my backyard drenched even as early as the first week of October. By now, the dry season should have begun – but it hasn’t.
What goes wrong?
Climate chaos! Some experts suggest it’s a part of global-warming phenomenon. The climate in every corner of the globe is undergoing radical changes as the glacier and icebergs in the poles are melting quite drastically. It is even said that by the year 2012 there won’t be a single iceberg left in North Pole! The impact of this phenomenon includes radical changes in climates throughout all the regions on planet Earth. In some places, the temperature warms up to an unusual degree (53 degree Celcius)! Hail started out of nowhere in summer. Rainy season in the equator tends to extend (or shorten). And so forth.
But some other people say otherwise. Astronomers have found a certain planet – now named Nibiru, or the Tenth Planet (Planet X) – that orbits around the sun in 3,600 years period. Historical facts show that each time Nibiru approaches our solar system and passes by Earth, drastic climate changes occur throughout the globe. It is suspected that this planet was responsible for the Great Flood that drowned all living creatures several thousand years ago! And for the Ice Age, too. At present, Nibiru is shooting its way toward Earth, and – as calculated by scientists – there’s a big probability it’s going to hit us by 2012!
What will happen in 2012?
No one knows for sure. Some believe in the first argument, some the second.
But whatever WILL happen, truly the human race ought to be ready for it. The fact is overwhelming. The time is upon us.
Where do we put our faith?