The Best & Simplest Prayer I have Ever Seen, And It Makes Me Glad

May God Give You…..

For every storm, a rainbow.
for every care, a promise.
And a blessing in each trial.
For every problem life sends,
A faithful friend to share.

For every sigh, a sweet song.
And an answer for each prayer.
Good Morning

Wow! Thank you Sir William Dar! None in my whole life – and I’m 85 now – have I seen, or heard anything like this wonderful gift of a greeting cum prayer.

I count a total of 44 words. In Numerology, Emma says about people who happen to be involved with the “Angel Number” 44 (numerologynation.com):

They’re very focused on avoiding stressful situations and living a healthy lifestyle, often trying hard not to overdo things.

That much I know of William Dollente Dar from Ilocos Sur. “A healthy lifestyle” is what has helped him and his family avoid stressful situations, and there are many in his life! Read on.

More about people who happen to be involved with angel number 44:

… angel number 44 represents people who are good organizers. For them, maintaining their mental well-being, self-discipline, and inner balance is the most important thing.

Wow! The number “44” is associated with people who are “good organizers” – and I happen to know William Dar as one of them.

When Mr Dar became the Director General (DG) of the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) based in India in 2000, ICRISAT was in the last place (kulelat) as a member of the CGIAR group of international research agencies. Kulelat. After 5 years as DG, Mr Dar had brought ICRISAT from kulelat to Number 1!

(How do I know when all that happened 20 years ago? Ah, I was then a Writer From Home (WFH) based in Los Baños for ICRISAT, breathing the intellectual air space of my alma mater UP Los Baños. (Yes, Mr Dar earned his PhD in Horticulture from UPLB himself.)

How well did Mr Dar organize the staff of ICRISAT whom none of them he knew? He came up with a slogan that they could all identify with:

“Science with a human face.”

Not only figuratively but literally, the science that the ICRISAT staff had discovered in their jobs were now seen important, nay necessary, in the lives of those in the semi-arid tropics! “Science with a human face” – so, after all, science is not meaningless to the farmer; if s/he looks at it in the face, s/he will find it friendly and companionable.

Isn’t the above greeting friendly and companionable?!

Mr Dar, of course, was the PH Secretary of Agriculture who came out with the inspirational “New Thinking For Agriculture” meant to bring PH Agriculture from the bottom to the top. Unfortunately, BBM did not see that and replaced him with himself.

So, where is PH Agriculture now? Suffering from mal-nutrition of the head!

I an agriculturist see it differently – if we stop our practices of Chemical Agriculture and concentrate on our practices of Regenerative Agriculture, Climate Change sooner or later we shall overcome!@517