Mission Accomplished
By Rudy Arizala
According to Joe Mart, hero of the Cuban Independence, one has accomplished his mission in life, if he has planted a tree; written a book; has a son (or if I may add, a grandchild.).
In my poem "At Age Seventy-Eight" which I sent you earlier, I wrote in the third stanza:
"Was reminded mission completed
If one planted a tree; book written
And you have a grandchild begotten.
All of them I already attained."
As a Chinese saying goes: "A picture speaks a thousand words," below or attached are self-explanatory pictures or photos.
The first photo on top was when I planted a narra sapling at "Paseo Republica de Filipinas" in Buenos Aires, Argentina June 1972; Second photo; Holding our first granddaughter Mayra Catalina, born 9 March 2007; and third photo, Souvenir Program during a book launching in Quezon City, Philippines on 27 June 2002, "Labong ng Kawayan," the fourth book written or published.