How Do I Get Out from Being Locked Up

I am not a magician nor a lock expert like Houdini. The following are my unforgettable experiences from being locked due to my negligence, lack of presence of mind or over confidence in three separate situations.

I have been locked up for three times. The latest is inside the public comfort room of the biggest mall in Asia. The previous was 38 years ago while I was inside the Church building while working early in the morning.

Locked Inside the Toilet

Yesterday  my son-in-law, my third elder daughter and I fetched my youngest son in his office late in the afternoon together with his wife. Before we went home, we dropped by ar the SM for a shopping. I was ahead of them. After the cashier tended my purchases, I proceeded to the CR outside. It's already past 7 in the evening. Nobody was around except me. I went inside, locked the door and finished my personal necessity. I opened the door. It couldn't. I banged it to get outside attention but nobody responded. I took my cellphone to call my youngest son. Alas! It's totally drained. I felt nervous. I manipulated the door latch several times. Click! It opened.

Why Man Dies?

Yesterday, when I attended the burial services of Felomina Nonod Santillan, 76, the late mother of our first counselor in Bacolod Philippines Mission, President AVelino N. Santillan, an idea cropped up to me to develop a topic on "why man dies?" for my blog.

In my pensive mood, I came up with the word negligence.

But first, what is negligence? As to the law definition, it is "the failure to exercise that degree of carethat, in the circumstances, the law requires for the protection of other persons or those interests of other persons that may be injuriously affected by the want of such care." (underscore supplied for emphasis)

Negligence in our layman's parlance, is unable to meet the needed care and attention for our fellow being because of carelessness, inattention, or self-preservation and pride.