The elections are almost over. The counting and tallying of votes have been in the process. The difference from the last elections to this year's elections is this: WE STILL CARE. I actually feel the hope surge in me. The type of hope that I have in me at the moment is not the type where I myself just ponder and wonder my lonesome- self. It's a collective type of hope and not the lonesome-self type.It's better said in tagalog: Hindi ka nag iisa type of hope. I'm really proud that people have been aware and vigilant. I know vigilance has been around, but it was suppressed and the violence was oh so quiet. Maybe because our nation was under a dictator (a very brilliant dictator at that) that knew how to cover and conceal the truth from us. The truth will always seer through no matter what. Hence, the very first EDSA revolution that not only woke the whole nation but the whole world and the Philippines was re-born.
I'm happy to see that we have been vigilant. It may not be as picture perfect as I imagined it to be but hey-this is one hell of a start! We started to decide and think as to who we think is best to govern and lead all of us out of poverty (crossing my fingers and praying for this), hunger, fight against corruption (or at least be discreet about it), instill human rights, and my list goes on. It's like we've all woken-up to reality that we all FINALLY want to get out of this rut. We don't want to wake-up in the same reality, but a reality that we have hope to see the silver lining and this starts with us. Who else can forward this change but we the people. We can't depend on the old government system, as a Filipino we have to do our share. It doesn't have to be something GRAND. It could start off with voting. So, did you vote? I hope you did. If you didn't then register and make YOUR vote count the next elections.
I'm happy to see that we have been vigilant. It may not be as picture perfect as I imagined it to be but hey-this is one hell of a start! We started to decide and think as to who we think is best to govern and lead all of us out of poverty (crossing my fingers and praying for this), hunger, fight against corruption (or at least be discreet about it), instill human rights, and my list goes on. It's like we've all woken-up to reality that we all FINALLY want to get out of this rut. We don't want to wake-up in the same reality, but a reality that we have hope to see the silver lining and this starts with us. Who else can forward this change but we the people. We can't depend on the old government system, as a Filipino we have to do our share. It doesn't have to be something GRAND. It could start off with voting. So, did you vote? I hope you did. If you didn't then register and make YOUR vote count the next elections.
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