KIDS.
Innocent.
Not-minding anything.
Time is of no essence.
Nothing but play time.
I found myself taking a picture of these kids while I was watching them play with the net --they just kept on swinging the net with the ball inside and they enjoyed it. They kept on laughing and giggling and laughing not minding if what they're doing will tire them out. If you'll see two adults doing this, you might say it's silly.. . but kids don't mind what others think of what they do as long as they enjoy it ^^ It's their task to play.. .
That's why it breaks my heart to see kids on the street smoking. Kids, say 4, 5 or 6 years old.. . and above.. . and sadly, there are some who are younger.It just breaks my heart.. . Even so now, watching it on TV (Smokids | i-witness). What can I do? Who's to blame? It crushed me even more when the kid said, "Natutunan ko sa bahay.. . yung tatay ko kasi pinapabili ako ng sigarilyo tapos pinasindihan ng tatay ko sa tindahan. sabi sa 'kin hithitin ko na.. . kaya yun" -whew.. . - The reporter said that the parents do discourage their children to smoke (if they caught them doing so).. . hoooh... . but they're not that firm with the rule. They think they will outgrow the habit and there will come a time that they will stop smoking.. . (so pagtanda na nila 'yun?) and here's another family, parents giving the smoke to their child who's around 4 or 5.. . waaah.. . They may want to discourage them but that's what the kids see around them.. . It's the trend of the environment they live in.. . What can they do? Kung ganito na lahat ng bata ngayon, para na tayong nagpapausok ng manok.. .
We may think that kids are innocent, what we do to them doesn't have an effect in the future or it can still be stopped or it's nothing.. . but we're wrong. What they experience during that stage in life greatly impacts their personality --who they will become when they grow up because they just absorb everything that we teach them.
Try observing the Chinese or Japanese (ito ang napapala ng panonood ng Karate Kid, Ninja, Ninja Assassin and many others). They don't train teenagers to be Ninjas. They train KIDS to become Ninjas.
There was once a doctor who said, "Give me children and i'll make a doctor out of him/her."
It all starts during childhood. These years should not be taken for granted. It's the time where they experience the world --the good, the bad and the ugly side of the world. What they experience, they will forever take with them. What they are with greatly influence them --their values and practice. Just try disciplining a child to brush his teeth every night, he will grow up doing that. And try to practice the other way around, he will reach elementary and will not brush his teeth.. . If we will not be responsible with our actions, what will happen to them?
Moreover, Jesus values them so much.. . And He has given them power over the enemy.
Through the praise of children and infants
you have established a stronghold against
your enemies,
to silence the foe and the avenger.
-Psalm 8:2
Their prayers are powerful as well and should not be taken for granted.. . That's why the enemy destroys them even while they are still young.. . Good thing He has a great plan and purpose! But who will influence them? Who will reach out?
We should not take them for granted because they will become the future leaders of this nation.. . And the reporter said it all "Ang pagsugpo sa paninigarilyo ay magsisimula sa pamilya -Jay Taruc". It us up to us--the family.
We can't just blame it to the government.. . We can't blame it to the authorities.. . We must start within the family.. .
I pray that God will touch the hearts of the people reading this.. . to be moved to pray for the young ones.. . and their families as well.
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