"THOUGH THE WORLD IS CHANGING"
These days, it seems that there's nowhere for us to go so as not to be affected by the current numerous crisis hampering the stability, peace and security of the world we live.
Mayaman, mahirap or the even ordinary citizens of every country are embracing the what-so-called dire consequences of war, food insufficiency, economic down-turn, peace and order situation, terrorism, space exploration, global warming (climate change) and its effects to our environment and a lot more.
Totoong nakakarindi na ang sangkatutak na nangyayari sa ating daigdig, halos wala na tayong masulingan. Sa ating bansa lang, pangunahing usapin pa rin ang iba't-ibang uri ng corruptions sa maraming departamento ng ating pamahalaan, lokal man o nasyonal as well as drug-related issues and the fight of ordinary Pinoys against our powerful elites. Ngipin sa ngipin kung baga ang labanan. And in the south, the survival of the fittest between the men in uniform against the bandits or what they called separatists or terrorists.
Sa mga probinsiya at kanayunan naman, we cannot set-aside the increasing difficulty of living a normal life, the harship of having three-meals a day and the degredation of our humane society. Dahil sa patuloy na pananalasa ng kahirapan sa majority ng ating mga kababayan, the sense of "balikatan" ay unti-unti na ring nawawalan nang saysay.
What else will go nonsense? What shall we do to help eliminate or even reduce the impact of poverty and difficulty of living a normal life, sa ating probinsiya na lang?
Shall we just shut our eyes, plug our ears and lock our mouth so as not to leak-out what we really feel and want to express to partially relieve our seem-endless-sufferings?
"THOUGH THE WORLD IS CHANGING", we human beings are divided into what and where shall we look forward to. There are a lot of confusions everywhere, the way people act, talk and think. And in this regard, we are not really confined in just one situation only as the majority might wish. For every action we make, there's always that opposite reaction we face and often times more.
Where we want peace, others want war. Where we wish happiness, others want discontentment.
And where we wish to live in harmony, others wish to go out there and kill the innocents.
Somehow, many say that Filipinos are very flexible people, kung baga "pliant like a bamboo". Subalit hindi naman dapat na laging ganito na lang ang ating maging sitwasyon o pananaw sa atin. Kung tayo'y nakakapagtimpi, hindi dapat na ang ating pagpapasensiya ay manatili na lang sa ating sarili. We are as well human beings and we have our own limitations to whatever the case maybe. Sabi nga, ang taong tahimik ay nasa ilalim ang init (kulo). Kaya hindi siya o sila dapat na abusuhin sa kanilang mga karapatan.
One day, magugulat na lang ang mga abusado that those mapagtimpi pala already opened their eyes, unplugged their ears and unlocked their mouth. Huwag nating hintaying mangyari ang ganito sapagkat hindi natin tiyak magugustuhan and maaaring mangyari kapag nagsagupa ang magkabilang panig (whoever and whatever they maybe).
Subsequently, kahit patuloy ang maraming pagbabago sa ating daigdig, hindi natin dapat talikdan ang sarili nating mga mamamayan, bayan o barangay na ating kinagisnan. Gayundin ang ating pagnanasang makatulong sa ating mga pamayanan tungo sa pagkakamit nito ng kaunlaran. Kaunlaran para sa lahat ng ating mga kakabayan at hindi para sa iilang makapangyarihan.
Where shall we go from here? Shall we be united or shall we be totally divided?
TONY R. MONTERAS (malaking ibon)
OFW, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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