“To love truth for truth’s sake is the principal part of human perfection in this world, and the seed plot of all other virtues.” – JOHN LOCKE
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Because we are rational human beings, there is a personal touch – we must admit – to everything we do.
This may sound a little romantic but even the title of this piece already is a give-away.
In the politics of life, man rumbles and bumbles, sometimes in a kind of eerie way.
It might be difficult to fully explain the things we must do but we forget to do because we are afraid of the pain that might occur as a consequence of our acton and response to stimuli.
Bob Dylan said: “People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent.”
See what I mean?
Yes, oftentimes you see this as man’s second nature.
I may sound philosophical but it cannot be helped. Human characteristics equip us to become what we aspire to be but hey, they still reveal to a certain degree the mortality of man and his failings, though success (and victory) is within reach.
Look at the presidential contenders wooing our votes.
Don’t some of them look silly as they publicly extol their virtues as if he/she is the “messiah” the people are waiting for?
Then when prospects don’t look encouraging, one monkeys around with a nasty thought, hitting a rival below the belt with allegations of a past scandal that raises doubts about integrity and honesty?
They say people who live in glass houses should not throw stones at their enemies.
But our politicians are a different breed.
They play dirty when necessary.
They amass all the tricks they can muster to wound, destroy and kill the character of their foes.
Political assassination, they call it.
And when caught red-handed, they vehemently profess innocence with a Mona Lisa smile.
Painful as it may be, all politicians have something to hide.
Sigmund Freud said: “No mortal can keep a secret. If the lips are silent, he chatters with his fingertips; betrayal oozes out of him at every pore.”
Hahaha! I wish this quotation from Freud is read by all the presidential aspirants and all those ambitioning for lofty political offices.
Do you realize that we have long been living in a wounded society that needs healing and rehabilitation as a result of mis-management and the mis-conduct of public officials?
I am saying it as it is.
How long will Filipinos endure their exploitation?
Hasn’t this country reached its tipping point yet?
The partisanship and polarization of Filipinos have grown unabated as extensively as the poverty that has seeped into the lives and consciousness of the inhabitants.
Seems like nobody cares anymore.
After 1986, there was a euphoria of hope.
But it lasted just for a while. It did not linger for as long as the people expected it to last.
The Filipino dream evaporated like a wisp of bad air. The dream has turned into a nightmare.
Filipinos need to move on. The new generation of this millennial era must move forward with confident steps and bury the gloomy past their elders have unfortunately generated. The problems of yesterday must be pushed aside and all those attempting to foil and prevent these positive agenda should be gotten rid of.
Filipinos have to desire the ideal society they want to live in. Desire grows and dwells in the heart. Without it, this country will remain stagnant and the people under the tutelage of fools.
“A desire,” wrote John Adams, “to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man.”
Add a little tenderness, please. (Email your feedback to fredlumba@yahoo.com.) GOD BLESS THE PHILIPPINES!
