Why is it that many Filipinos feel that there is no more hope for the Philippines? Is it really an established fact that our country is already in the worst shape it could ever be? Have we as a nation done everything to get our country out of the quagmire (whether imagined or real) for us to say that all hope is lost?
The late American president John F. Kennedy posed this challenge to his countrymen: Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. I like to think that if each and every Filipino would just make it his or her personal goal to meet this challenge our country will be the better for it.
To all chronic complainers ask yourself this: Have I done enough to earn the right to complain?
If you think you have then complain all you want but consider that the amount of energy you’ll waste by yapping your head off could be used instead for some creative problem solving.
As for those who are humble enough to admit that they haven’t I would suggest a complete shift in approach. Stop complaining and get down to helping make the Philippines the country that all Filipinos truly deserve.
I’ve heard it said before that what we need is not just a change OF men, but a change IN men.
One of the tenets of transformational politics is that the citizen must take responsibility for effecting the changes that he wants to manifest in society by starting with himself, his family, and his community.
If you want change, you must BE the change.
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