Challenges come without warning. It may come today, tomorrow or next year. We will never know when. We need shields, armors that may come handy anytime--our Filipino Values.
This past months, we experienced lot of hazardous events like Bagyo Ondoy and Pepeng, a natural phenomenon and just last week we heard about the Maguindanao Massacre. Most of us may ask, how can we survive these challenges? Our Filipino Values once strengthen can be our shield. Some lives were saved by the lives offered by the simple heroes at Manila and Northern Luzon when Bagyo Ondoy and Pepeng struck us unprepared. Hopeless citizens saw light at the eyes of people helping them. Bayanihan, one of our values. And now we're all hungry for justice for the lives of people taken by people fearing nobody, not even God. Our Filipino Values--unity,camaradere and love for each other will serve as our armors to surpass this new challenge.
An ordinary girl like me experiences challenges too. Last November, the whole IV-Maxwell was challenged to perform "The Congo" amazingly. The pressure was killing me. Sacrifices were made like going to school every Saturday for practice and spend more time memorizing rather than surfing the internet and watching the television. Some of us even end up fighting because of different beliefs and suggestions for the betterment of the congo but in the end, we united. Yesterday, December 3, 2009, we finally reap our fruits of labor. We delivered it successfully and won 2nd place. Amazing!
They say, life is not colorful without thrills--challenges. A no precaution war, so we must always have our armors. Invisible ones but strong, our Filipino Values. And let this challenges serve as lessonsfor us...and let us not be pulled down.
