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cliché states that “Destiny is not a matter of chance but it is a matter of
choice.” That is why we Filipinos are really striving for the better future,
dreaming of the highest star and aiming for supreme goodness for the betterment
of our Mother land.
It is not peculiar to us, where in fact it is banal scenario we usually
experience during election. We heard several and innumerable promises that will
somehow elate our senses in its peak satisfaction which we actually the things
we wanted to hear. We intent to anticipate the good things may happen to our
lives upon heeding on their conceited promises. We carried away with the words
they uttered. The flattery that something enlivens our minds and hearts to
believe were basically present during the campaign. Is this a kind of
sophistry? Are we going to believe them again? I am referring to those who
wanted to lead our destiny in the acme of success – the politicians. They
always promise us of good things, of peaceful community, of moral leadership
and governance and of just and humane society. Many Filipinos tagged that
politicians are part already of the dirty game in the arena of politics. It
seems to be an upset to those who aimed and motivated to be the servant leader
of the masses. But we cannot blame the people for it is only the way they
respond from the experiences they had in the past. It provokes the learning
experience made them numb because of some undertakings and perspectives of
those politicians chased to toil the destruction of rational and just
governance. The masses now are yearning for ideal nation with leaders who acted
according to the law of man and the law of God not just only an intuition or in
superficial supremacy.
Last May 10, 2010, we Filipinos decided again of whom we are going to elect as
leaders of our nation. We made another dreadful decision, but still optimism
remains in us that some of these days we can have peaceful night sleep not
mending for tomorrow’s necessities for we can survive and able to encompass it.
We are dreaming of the life free from scarcity, poverty, graft and corruption.
It is just thinking of assurance that leaders will not be involved anymore or
in some other sense maybe diminish corruption in the lineage of our government
sector. Taking our rights of suffrage, we are hoping that many Filipinos will
build this nation for a better place to live in here and now and for the
generation to come. We decided our way to our decisive vision. We chose our
leaders to guide our way in conquering it. We involved ourselves in
fighting for someone worthy to govern us as one nation. And now is the time
that we must stand for it that upon making this decision, we also commit
ourselves to be a part of building this nation. We must not only bystanders of
what will happen to us and leave all those responsibilities to our government
leaders; instead we must be an active member of our complex society taking and
performing our duties and responsibilities with utmost sensibility.
Not so long ago, the verdict of the masses turned to proclaim Benigno Simeon C.
Aquino III as the 15th President of the Republic of the Philippines.
It was a new persona of Noynoy Aquino submitting his whole self to service not
just a shadow of his parents but a vanguard leading the people for the progress
of this nation. This is another journey for us Filipinos. We will wait for the
changes may come. Change is that this new government aims to carry out this new
term. Change is that many Filipino people are yearning for this to ensue. What
change they are referring about? Change of government, change of how it will be
going to synergize the masses for a common direction in our goal that we are
striving for. Leaders must avoid invested personal interest as they rendered
services to people and to the nation and sense of selfishness for the
amelioration of our realm. This is our view. These are our ideal values we
necessitate to have. These our good motives to the nations. We are still
hopeful of what will happen to our nation albeit anxiousness seemed to be
within us, but we must face it vehemently. With this, in one booming voice, we
can claim to the world that we are the builders of this nation. We are the one
who cultivates the bountiful resources and priceless wealth and brings our land
to productive and competitive nation that we can proud of.
On my personal view, I was excruciating by myriad of concerns in our government
in the status quo. It seems to be that I am living in a perilous world full of
anxieties and vicissitudes. These concerns sometimes obstructed me to live
comfortably in this place. But I came to realize that I must not be slave of
this situation. I must move forward of what is essential for the present. I
must not be so engrossed of what things made me pressured because of my past
and so worried about what will happen for tomorrow. I must live my life to the
fullest extent here and now by using available resources to its maximum
capacity. It is not a focal point to ponder of what our country can provide you
and uplift your life status; instead it is your attitude and demeanor matters
with regards to its final destiny.
As a mundane citizen of this country where I live my life, my dreams and my
possessions, I must serve her in response to her unyielding gift and bountiful
natural resources. By just doing my simple obligations and responsibilities, I
can share to her that I am a builder of her enduring envisions and intended
destiny. It is one way to show to her that I take care of her possessions and
priceless wealth. I shall not be a person blaming all these negative concerns
and miseries I experience to the government alone or to other people; instead I
must focus to my concern and of what I can contribute to her progress and productive
fate. It is a challenge for me to conquer for and to live by. It is my role as
a builder of this nation’s destiny. Before I end this reflection of mine I want
to share this thought from the former president of United States of America,
John F. Kennedy, “Do not ask what the country can do for you but ask yourselves
what you can do for the country.”
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