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This is a Philodendron Burle Marx (Philodendron mello-barretoanum), named after the architect Robert Burle Marx who used native plants in modern landscape designs. The Philodendron has a special memory to me. When I was in 2nd year high school, Egypt Navera-Padilla (+) and I needed a project for biology and we experimented on an ornamental plant, the spider plant (Chlorophytum comosum variegatum), as food. When that project soared in the Science Fair, we ventured on another, the Philodendron lacerum as a source of isopropyl alcohol (I still didn’t know that a certain percentage of alcohol, like ethanol, can stunt the growth of plants). That flopped. 😬 But the fascination for plants continued. Our initial loves: what led you to a greater interest? 🤔🧐🤔

This is my favourite image of St. Ignatius of Loyola, which I chanced upon in Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. I was in LMU in 2011. The artist, Bill McElcheran, titled it, “Ignatius Loyola Pilgrim.” However, what struck me most is his stance at another angle: Ignatius leans forward, bravely facing the wind, while holding fast to the Spiritual Exercises. It illustrates his spirit: the courage to face challenges, to be counter-cultural to anything against God, humanity and creation, as well as, to be forward-looking. It struck me as a rationale for being adventurous, creative, experimental and at home with life’s tensions. But what he holds also tells me what is unchanging: the Spiritual Exericses at best anchors me in a personal, riveting and deep encounter with Jesus. It tells me what a Jesuit should be—what I should be—and that it is a personal imperative and great desire: It is what I really want to be and become but rooted in the here and now. 🤔🧐😊 Happy Feastday to all! Keep inspiring, St. Ignatius, my fav saint! 🎊🍾🎉 What more can we do for Christ? 😇

Reusing means that used materials can be a resource rather than a refuse. If we really look at things we are throwing away, we can learn to see them as reusable materials to solve everyday problems and satisfy everyday needs. Waste, after all, is in the eye of the beholder. Our trash is another’s treasure.

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