“Whoever thought of PINK as VP Leni’s campaign color is a genius,” Sam, our long-time family driver, entoned, like announcing a doctrine.
“What made you say that?” I asked, looking up from my crossword puzzle.
“There!” he replied, slowing the car down.
I saw clusters and rows of various pink flowers, mostly bougainvilleas (they are in our garden, too).
And there were many others—gumamelas, lilies, marigolds, roses, etc.—swaying with the wind in yards, on the sidewalk, and over fences.
Sam added, “He/she knew that PINK flowers bloom before and during election day.
Hmm, I never thought of PINK that way before. But yes, like flowers, PINK has blossomed in the political campaign, despite profanities, fake news, and insults belched by trolls on social media.
Whenever I read them (it's my self-assigned job as a keyboard warrior) and spend time blocking as many as my arthritic fingers can manage, I need to come up for air or drown. I visit my therapy lab, online sites featuring flowers, and save images of blooms I don’t normally see around:
In the Bible, flowers symbolize beauty, growth, and life—to convey God’s grace over our fleeting life on earth.
Because life is too short, we need to make enlightened decisions, based on history and facts, in electing our next leaders. There are aren’t too many chances to do so.
It’s amazing that many places in the country are blossoming with active citizens (from ho-hum survey numbers), whose zeal has been roused to fight for the country’s future. This is just Region IV-A or CALABARZON (provinces of Calamba, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon).
Based on actual drone shots of rallies all over the country, PINK has blossomed beyond imagination!
As for me and my house, we will vote for candidates who have already done so much for the country long before politics beckoned.
“Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come, the cooing of doves is heard in our land. Song of Songs 2:12 NIV
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