vision to thyself

some weeks ago, i read an article in a news paper. it was actually simple yet worth reading. why?----- because it spells the truth about the issue on conass as a mode of chacha intertwind with faith.

I was captivated by its title....sounds like a title of a song.... intriguing. I must admit, my interest sparked from its title.

observations on how does the society react with the "see saw" attitude of our political leaders as well as how the different sectors of the community make way of their views; thiese i begun to think.

the youth.------ young, idealistic. aggressive. they make use of the streets in expressing their opinions. they exercise their constitutional rights (naks!). sure, its a healthy way of exercising democracy. its becoming free, right? one thing that annoys me though is, they shout for reforms, hated corruption, march on the streets protesting for ALL governmental acts, as if, they know everything; and that the government have done nothing good for them. they tend not only to be idealistic but totally blind of the reality that the people running the government are the very people they voted. they cry for democracy, yet, they too oftentimes abuse it. dont know whether the forgetting was natural or intentionally. when i see them over the television, i think of no word but "perfectionist!"

the media.----- truth. balancer. informer. when i was younger, i always dreamed of becoming a journalist. not because i wanted to write but because i believed that i can make a difference through writing. i even consider the media as a separate branch of the state. because i thought (and which should be the case) that they are the middle men for and between the three (3) branches of the government. unfortunately though, some media men of today have also forgotten this role. they have been riding into the political juggle, instead of mitigating the chaotic effect, they aggravate the turmoil between the parties. they criticize. sure, its a good thing. but the way i see the news of the media nowadays, i cant help but to think of a single term ..................."bias!"

the military.------- brave. courageous. law abiding. they were trained to defend the state and to be the protector of the people. they live by their allegiance to the government and they offer their lives in ex change for liberty. surprisingly, the papers dictate that these men and women from the military are also forgetting the role that they should be playing. they now form part of the yoke of the government because of these coup attemps and other acts of going over the very institution who made them. when i see them, the first word that comes into my mind is........ "betrayal!"

the church.----- holy. moral. spiritual. this is the institution where people go when everything gets wrong. in times to calamity, people call for the all the saints; in times of adversities, people call for all the angels; in times of sickness, people call the clergies for annointment. they say prayers are very powerful. people go to church, hear mass. petitioning for a lot of things. holy right? but holy as it may, the church has its own way to politics too. how? it make use of the institution in telling to the people on how should they react and how would they believe regarding some issues of the community. i heard blames. left and right. against the government we have now. funny but sometimes, i see the church equated to "mendiola." the street where protestants march and make their views heard. sad thing though, is the fact that sometimes the holy scriptures are being utilized to preach political option. my question is, -----is this proper?

well, everybody has itheir views on all matters. however, i believe that the respective intituions we are into must always be the startng point of everything.

you simply have no business to go in the streets and cry for the supremacy of law when you know yourslef to be law breaker.

you simply dont have the right to stage coupt'de tat, crave for the government to be loyal to you when you yourself has no alliegance to the state.

you dont have the right to critisize by informing the public of the corrupt government officials when you yourself is a conspirator, either directly or indirectly benefiting from them.

you dont have the right to call for holiness and morality when behind that white attire is unpure and immoral body and you know yourself that you have betrayed your vow.

i dont know if many would agree with me when i say that in all institutions, there is the so called politicizing. you gain some, you win some, you threw the blame and pretend to be clean to the many. my point is, in all the sectors of the society now, i say that no one is left pure. everybody is unclean and that means NO EXEMPTION!

being unclean in never bad. its never an err and its never unusual. its good to know one's right, indeed. its okay to campign to upheld the law. besides, thats the ideal way. yet, in doing so, we should try at least to reflect unto ourselves whether our principles in life would go hand in hand with that of the things we are fighting for. we should at least try to post a question unto ourselves whether we shall be credible with the rights we are crying for.

this is simple. its being natural; admission of being a human; taking an oversight unto thy self before to our neighbor and the use of consicence as an ingredient to the menu we are about to prepare.

its seeing the deeper us. the true us and the main objective of us as justified with our deeds. because the gauge of how can we influence others as to the things we crave will be on how we have lived our lives.

may it be in politics and current issues , i say, that reforms should be viewed first on one's eyes for you to see the eyes of anothers and tell them what could be wrong for the blurred vision.