For those who visited Mirador Peace Memorial Park, others would look at this place and the bell as a tourist site. Yet this place speaks more than that.
Historically, this is one of the 2 bells made from an unexploded and neutralized bomb dropped at Mirador Hill during the second world war. At this present time, it serves now as a reminder of peace and aid for one’s spiritual nourishment. The previous year was the commemoration of the 75th year of Global Peace since the end of the 2nd World War in 1945. Uniquely, the bell is placed at a traditional Japanese gate called “torii”.
Personally, this site speaks of my reminder of humility. At clearer moments of the day, one may be able to overlook the Aringay River which connects the Lingayen Gulf. For us in Lingayen, everyone knows that our place means “looking back.” Before, passersby developed the habit of looking back and back again at the corpulent tamarind tree that grew at the town plaza until it would disappear from their perspective. Now, this legend taught us not to forget our humble beginnings by looking back to our roots.
Thus, no matter how high we have achieved in this life, we always remember to look back to our places of origin. There may be at times that the clouds may clutter our roots, we are assured that they are always there to remind our humble beginnings. Truly, whenever we are at peak life moments, we will always realize how small we all really are.
