Most elections bring out more losers than winners except for the Philippines where they say there are no losers but cheated
candidates. This penchant for not conceding by Philippine candidates works negatively against the country and the national
economy since people who should now go back to their nrmal lives and focus their energies in their own businesses are distracted
by the unending squabble between the administration and the opposition. This long pause in economic activities coupled witht
the world's gloomy economic situation, puts the greater number of Filipinos in a situation just a step away from hopelessness-step
away from surrender ar dispair. In a situation where they say "without hope what good is tomorrow?"
We cannot quantify the gravity and impact of this desperate feeling because of lack of hope or
its absence is not easily communicated and measured. People seldom say, "I need hope." Moreover, to OFWs worldwide, sensing
this negative feeling is much more difficult.
We, therefore, cannot underemphasize the fact that we, the more fortunate ones, must remember
that hopelessnessdrastically changes people and untimely a country. For example, looking into the Philippines' microcosm:
the new graduate with no hope of getting a job won't go out and look for a job. Why bother? The job applicant with no hope
of passing the company test won't take the test. What's the purpose? Your businiessman friend who is in deep financial trouble
won't seek financial assistance or advice because (they think) it's all over anyway. Multiply these "hopeless several million
times and you have a macrocosm of a country of hopeless people.
Thus OFWs, despite their sometimes difficult situations they're in, must again act as heroes and
step forward and carry another burden if they want toimprove the lives of their loved ones and their mother country. For it
is you the OFW who are in better financial and environmental condition to send and light candles to those engulfed in darkness
of despair. It is for you OFWs to infect your countrymen with hope so that your country can survive the gloomy night and help
it last until dawn.
Always bear in mind that people who will build hope into their own lives and who share hope with
others become powerful people. Start this power within you, spread it to your loved ones and your countrymen and soon you
will have a strong Philippines.
Now here's the good news: YOU CAN SPREAD HOPE THROUGH UPAK. Share your messages of hope with us
and we will spread it through Pinoy Balita.
Contact us through our office and we are ready and willing to be of
assistance to you.
