THE EPITOME OF OUR TIME:

ARE WE ON THE RIGHT PERSPECTIVE?

CRISIS: opposition to steal presidency, the undying issues on jueteng, scandals and other issues that rocks the nation or at least turned senate and congress into investigative bodies from its legislative nature, plus the numerous news on kidnappings, criminality and irritating chatters from the entertainment world. These were the issues that drafted our country’s history during the last decade.

No doubt these dominates most of printed and broadcast media today…. For this is where our society is driving us. Issues that rock our ears and more drastically – the egos of those marked personalities. Nevertheless all of these have nothing to do to improve our country, but all were to degrade this floral nation…

We are the Filipinos. Our forefathers take pride of this race. They elevated this name and gained respect from their neighbors, even before Magellan reached our soil. Chinese and Indians were then happy to trade with them. Adversaries came and that challenged their time.

Century ago, Filipinos were almost treated slaves by Spaniards, and our great grandfathers dreamed and fought for freedom. The Americans conquered us and our folks dreamed and asked for freedom. More eloquently, thousands of them died during battle against Japanese for they have dreamed to gain this diamond that we are supposed to enjoy this time. They never stopped until that dream was turned into reality- our nation was freed. It’s their legacy towards us to live with freedom as a republic.

But now, where are we footing? There must be continuity of dreaming as a nation. We must not stop in here and waste those heroics and martyrdoms. Our nation must not turn down and divide neither rise against itself. We should be a one nation that is dreaming for more...

Political leaders should stop politicking! The government must focus on economics. Legislative bodies should make laws pertaining to it. The administration must implement. Fellow Filipinos should be empowered in health, in education and in opportunities here in our country.

No matured man is being guided by a nanny, so as a great nation should stand on its feet.

Our Philippines should change perspective and so as its focus. Not only in government but also to every Filipinos whom are now free.

No one in an island can view its total picture except those looking on top. Our nation is beyond all those negative news, events and impressions. Most of them were only happening in some of its thousand islands, thus it’s not the totality of the whole. There is definitely a lot more in this country!

The government should lead to develop more our land and those lying in it and those around it. After all, we should never forget that we remain as an agricultural country – we must live in it Agriculture is a concrete food supply while technology brings leisure.


-Lito Amparo