It's a World of Compromise

Don't get me wrong, I am optimistic, but today, I felt, that living in the Philippines can be sad.

Call me emotional, but the rice shortage and the increasing prices of basic commodities are making me sad.

It just makes you swing your head in frustration to see people lining up in long queues just to buy 2 kilos of rice.

It's a problem not only in the Philippines, but a global thing.

But didn't the government foresee this problem?

Poor Philippines. The people had suffered too much. The nation has waited too long for its resurrection.

We have suffered too much.
In all aspects of our lives.
Morally, Financially, Psychologically, Physically, Spiritually, Socially.
What in heaven happened to us?
I am not bad mouthing the Philippines, I am a Filipino. A sad Filipino at this point.
The financial troubles had wreaked havoc in our system, in our lives.
Once stricken by financial troubles, there's a lot of compromising you need to do.

You have to compromise your needs. Compromising sometimes left us with limited choices, and sometimes even the lack of choices.

Your five kilos for the family yesterday, is compromised for three to make way for other supplemental needs.
we are sometimes forced to compromise our desire to feel that our stomach is full.

Financial troubles disrupt our way of life.

Young people are delaying marriages. Majority wants to be financially secured first before starting their own family.

Having babies has also become a consideration. Shall we promote artificial or natural method in planning so as to control the population? If population continues to boom, lack of resources is the next issue, among others.

Families are being broken.
Mother or Father has to go abroad to support the family.

There are so many compromises.
You want to enjoy your money but, you have to save your money.

We sometimes delay our plans.
We sometimes think twice if our dreams our reachable.

We know that the suffering will end.
But, when will this end? Who will end this?

Early this morning, i was listening to the radio.
A radio reporter is being harassed by a congressman because, the previous announced the questionable trip of the congressmen to South Africa.
That trip to South Africa is for him and other congressman study poverty.
Do they have to go far?
Poverty is everywhere in the Philippines.

I can not help but wonder, if the people in the government really care.
do they know why they are holding public positions?

Filipinos have suffered too much, tooooooo much.

It feels like we are the modern Israelites waiting to be free from slavery.
we are even worse, more than 100 years of wandering, where we are going.

Where are we going?
What happened to us?
If only every Filipino can realize, that the gem of the Philippines is its very people.