“One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.” – ABRAHAM H. MASLOW.
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Good for you if you still maintain a positive mind as the world spins like a top amidst the chaotic environment that we live in.
This season should be a season of hope as the birth of our Lord Jesus is collectively celebrated in the entire Christian world.
But times have changed. A U-turn in attitude and lifestyle is on-going.
People are beginning to think and act differently.
Many are growing cynical and weary as the war between Russia and Ukraine drags on, creating havoc, economic difficulties and mental anguish in the lives of citizens directly – and indirectly – affected.
Others are clinging to traditional values, hoping for material benefits that will redound to the family.
The United Nations is just a shadow of itself as its general assembly is swayed here and there by the world powers.
In this part of the world however, Pinoys should be thankful that our archipelagic location saves us from the threat of stray killer missiles falling and hitting us like what happened some time ago in Poland.
Have you thought about this?
Currently, the PBBM administration is focusing on building six million housing units for the next six years, which is providential for those who badly need a roof above their heads.
WOW, ONE MILLION HOUSES EVERY YEAR!
This should be the most welcome news that Pinoys should care about.
We can grow hungry for a while and miss one meal several days a week or a month but the comfort the homeless get from having his head secured with a roof above it is much more cherished and aspired for by millions of our poor and needy countrymen.
The truth is that Pinoys are not expecting too much because every government is helpless in curbing the growing world-wide inflation and the constrictive recession.
So, why worry about something that is beyond our control?
Why not pray to the Lord God Almighty instead?
Anyhow, let us imagine that SIX MILLION families get benefited by a housing unit in the next six years during the incumbency of PBBM in Malacanang.
Can you just imagine how the landscape would look in every area where housing units for the poor are being erected and granted to every deserving Pinoy family?
Do you imagine the positive developmental effects in the community and in the LGU concerned?
Let us not doubt that the idea will not succeed.
Instead, let us collectively believe and support that the development agenda in housing is pursued to the letter because the poor and the needy are the objects of this noble and humanitarian project.
If the previous administration focused on its campaign against illegal drugs trafficking and organized crime, the PBBM government stresses a great human need that every Pinoy badly needs.
A roof above their heads.
Perhaps, PBBM has learned a good lot about the housing problem that arose in Tacloban City where his first cousin is the local chief executive.
After typhoon Yolanda’s destructive wrath claimed the lives of thousands of Leytenos and destroyed unquantifiable properties during the era of the late Pres.Noynoy Aquino, the rehabilitation program – housing et al – moved and grinded so slowly that until lately, the housing facilities meant for the victims were reportedly not yet totally solved.
(There were rumors and unabated talks about massive corruption during those years but nobody – it now appears – has been pinpointed to have profited immensely from the Yolanda housing project.)
Somehow, 2023 may be coming in a differently prosperous way.
Combined with a definitive and solid government development program on food security and agricultural productivity with an eye to create a manufacturing industry that will generate employment and income opportunities for thousands of daily wage earners, Pinoys can positively expect something good not only in 2023 but also in the ensuing years.
Anne Frank said: “In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.” (Email feedback at fredlumba@yahoo.com.) GOD BLESS THE PHILIPPINES!
