December has come.
It's bringing hope to us Filipinos. That despite the tumoil, the corruption, the pain and the suffering, we refuse to be darkened by our nightmares. Instead, we look beyond the dark. We want to believe that there is a light beyond the nothingness that envelopes us and our country.
That in the end, everything will be alright. It will still be a happy ending. Right?
I feel sad whenever I read the newspapers and watch TV. The leaders we have chosen did not deserve to be there. Not one of the candidates were worth voting for. And we always fall for it. When will we ever learn?
I've been reading Malcolm Gladwell's book and it has been an eye opener for me. The theory of 80/20 is true. 20% of our population are responsible for 80% of what's happening to our country. And everyone is affected. Not everything that they do is for our sake. It's always for their sake. Theirs and theirs alone.
I watched foreign news and I saw a Californian politician resign because of corruption. Here, the ones who have been guilty of corruption deny it with a poker face, infront of hundreds of cameras. And they are proud of it. Here, the ones that resign are the ones who are honest (if ever there is such a word in politics).
But this Yuletide season, the Filipinos would like to turn away from such despair and helplessness and turn to their true savior. We're not asking for much. We want peace and order and happiness. Is it too much to ask?
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