Is Mother Nature sending us a message?

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The last one year seem to have increase incidence of natural disasters. Tsunami in Asia in December 2004. Outbreak of bird flu in South East Asia. Hurricane Katrina in America. Earthquake in Pakistan and Landslide in Guatemala. In the mist of these calamities, there is a bright outcome. Nations big and small, of different political persuasion in varied religious belief will come together with the single purpose of giving humanitarian aid. There are no political or religious barrier. There is only the thought of helping a fellow human beings. This is indeed heartening and keep up our faith in the human-kind especially in these days of terrorists threat.

Is Mother Nature sending us a message? Is Mother Nature trying to show us that no matter what nationality, political persuasion, religious belief and skin colour, we are all subjected to the same treatment by a higher 'order'? When Mother Nature 'speaks' every human being will have the same experience. Is Mother Nature trying to tell us that we are all the same underneath the covering of the skin? Maybe we are more alike than we would like to believe. That skin colour, religious belief, political views and language are just environmental modification to the 'original' creation? Even the great religions of the world which seemed superficially different had one common teaching - to spread good and compassion but no hatred and destruction. If seemingly different religions have a common aim, why then the need for unnecessary man-made killings and destructions?

In the recent earthquake in Kashmir, India and Pakistan, traditional adversaries, had agreed to allow the military to cross the Line of Control in disputed Kashmir to carry out humanitarian aid. In itself is nothing remarkable. But when 50 years of trying had failed, then this cooperation is indeed remarkable. What an opportunity a few seconds of disaster can bring. Maybe Mother Nature had spoken. And maybe we should listen.