How I Observed Earth Hour

While my housemates decided to doze off during the momentous one hour, I chose to relax in our sofa by the window.

Lights and TV off... It was silent, dark, and peaceful.

The scenario brought me back to my childhood days. I remember as kids, brownout is one of my favorite moments because that is when our family - my parents, my siblings, and I would gather in our terrace for fresh air. My siblings and I love it when our parents would attentively listen to our dreams and concerns. Oftentimes, my father would also crack self-made jokes and devise interesting stories with moral lessons to entertain us. I remember one of his stories wherein he emphasized that beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.

According to my father, there was a Prince Alien who landed on Planet Earth to search for the most beautiful woman. He has a tour guide with him and his tour guide brought him to the Miss Universe Beauty pageant. The beauty queens were tall, sexy, gorgeous, and beautiful. But Prince Alien found the beauty queens ugly. He then looked around and saw a dark, short, and chubby woman with big eyes and thick lips and he exclaimed, "She is the most beautiful woman I've ever seen!" And my father continued advising us never to tease anyone because of his appearance. What others see as ugly may be beautiful to someone else's eyes.

Back to where I am... Sitting in a sofa... It was so quiet and serene that I could almost listen to my heart. I then took the opportunity to really listen to my heart's deepest desires. I realized that I want to have many children and raise them to a loving family like my family. When I get married, I want my husband and I to spend quality time with our children rather than busying ourselves at work and just pampering our kids with material things. I realized that though I didn't come from a rich family, I feel safe, secure, loved, and complete because of the quality time that my family enjoyed.

Earth Hour is just one hour. Yet, in that short period, I was able to relax and reflect on things that really matter to me. And it also gave me a sense of fulfillment that I was able to take part in saving the Earth. I am delighted with the thought that I am taking steps to help make this world a better and cooler place to live for my future children and for the future generation.


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