While the nation is in chaos, it is easy for everybody to blame the leaders of this country for all the difficulties and miseries that befall on every Filipino. Sectors from all corners and movements throughout the countryside engage in a lot of bickering and call for immediate changes. It is easy to pin anybody down especially when hardships prevail in many aspects of everyday life. It also opens up the truth that the citizens in this country can be easily manipulated for that matter. It only concludes that Filipinos are too dependent on government regulations. The trend that Filipinos keep on blaming the people given with a nationalist function only makes the entire society inflexible. If Filipinos believe that they are powerless in the midst of trouble, then there is no opportunity for an economic take off. What happens out there is not really a government issue. The usual problems today in the Filipino society resides in the citizen’s inability to get out of his way to assist or to help in any way possible.
People are too concerned about the dividends of their own actions. It seem that the world owe them something. Individuals are born with an opportunity to make something out from themselves. Although, the situation is bleak nowadays, it is not a big reason to give up and wait for assistance from anyone. Persons find fault in the decisions of their neighbors. They forget that their lives are largely what they are for what they did pursue in the beginning.
The government has been set up for management purposes, to put in a sense of harmony in an otherwise complicated and multi-opinionated community. Lest people forget, the government is filled with individuals which are counted upon by their fellowmen to function according to the laws passed and implemented. But somehow, along the way towards nation rebuilding and development, events have quite took a different approach than many actually hoped for. Filipinos look and expect a promising future. The problem is, most expect a rather ideal picture. Citizens fail to analyze and grasp the idea that the individuals catapulted into government positions are merely ordinary mortals like all you and me. There’s nothing magical in what these government people can do. The truth is, they commit a lot of blunder than most of us. And they do those things under the public eye and during broad daylight.
Reprimanding the government people is like assessing the actions of the entire society. They are what we shall become under given circumstances. The clamor for changes reflect a national yearning to make life easy and manageable. Everyone has a responsibility to make things work for this country. Only more is expected from the individuals in public service. Filipinos are brilliant people. They expect nothing less than a perfect life to live through the ages. But such belief and such principle can perhaps spell doom for a nation who has been struggling for years. Too much brilliance have something to do with it. Everybody has a noble idea about running things. Everyone has a unique approach in dealing with specific situations. Imagine an airport with numerous planes along the runway heading for different and contrasting destinations. In a capsule, yes, that is how the Filipino society is viewed today.
I truly and totally sympathize with my fellow countrymen for everything that has become of the Philippines lately. I despise the deeds that Filipinos in service do to their country. But I believe that we can do better. If Filipinos assume different roles then the nation will have a fighting chance in showing the world its true mettle and character. Perhaps relishing that leadership position to someone who is more capable is a good idea. Associating ourselves deep with the government is perhaps inappropriate considering that the entire Filipino citizenry is bent on making a name for himself in the world stage. You want to be a leader. The other guy want to be a leader. Where does that kind of mentality put us? Where are we heading with such an idea? With all the horses heading towards different direction, can we expect the wagon to reach home? I know this because there has been a time that I also wanted to be a leader. And just like most kids, my friends and I end up pounding each other as to who should be in charge. Guess where did that situation put us now?
Tags: bureaucracy, corruption, graft, weak country
