Seriously Speaking: Public Servants

Our county has so many aspiring people who would like to run and govern our country, but do they still know what a true politician is?  To all the officials now seated to their RESPECTive positions, how many of them realize that to become a politician they have to serve and not be served, to lead the people in the progressive path, to set good examples, and most of all they have the capacity to change what we have been used to and start a new republic.

I know that this topic has been written and said over and over again.  We are very good at putting things in words but we Filipinos required to act for the betterment of our self, of our family, and concern enough to think of our country because it is our HOME.

I am not pointing fingers only to our government, because all of us are at fault.  But, for a moment reflect on this situation, our country today has about 85 Million Filipinos, can we manage the country individually and decide on our own – of course not, we needed true leaders. 

One of the Filipino priests commented on television that there are so many reason why our country is so poor but most especially because we always SIN.  It is just disappointing that we believe that we Filipinos are intelligent (but too intelligent that many turned out to be notorious and disgraceful), religious (however not too deep to realize that we can avoid sin), and full of optimism (then again having a happy-go-lucky attitude but not going to the point that we need to think deeper to do some action to solve our problems). 

It’s tiring and disappointing that a country that was used to be admired is so messed up.  We need to admit that we need to change slowly but with determination.  We should stop the antics and the comedy and for once let us get serious. Let us stop our arrogance and crab mentality, and start helping one another that we all go to the path of progress.

Let us clear our conscience.  Let us stop stealing from our country.  Let us practice to say enough.  Let us control ourselves when the power is bestowed upon us.  I know this is a frustrating plead to each of the Filipinos; I am hoping that this piece will be published so that I get my voice heard not for popularity sake but I am concern to our home. 

I honestly love this country, though I have Chinese blood flowing inside my veins and brought up with a combination of both Filipino and Chinese cultures, I believe that there is a meaning that I was born here.  Being born in a particular country is like being born without choosing who your parents would be, this was chosen for me.  As a respect, I should love my country as I love my family.  It is easy for others to say we can do whatever that pleases me – YES!  It’s a decision that we all make every day of our life, but not to the extent that someone else is suffering because of our decision.

Let us be true to our self.  Let us stop lying and sinning.  To the government who collect taxes, to the politician who create the laws, to the officials who implement the laws – let us aim to change our country starting from changing our self.  As a start, to the officials and working class let us do our job correctly and to all the Filipinos who have lost their trust to the government let us believe them that they will do good, let us do our share to support them, or even create our own programs so that we can help in changing our country for the better.