Tell me something you like about the Philippines or about Filipinos.
There are words inside of me that are slowly but surely coming up like a lava on an erupting volcano. I've seen the world criticize and look down on my country and my countrymen and women and I want so desperately to stop the nonsense. But I need to find the right words. I need to find my own heart and voice. Find my own courage.
It is not easy to fight for a battle that should not have existed in the first place. But the world likes to judge. And how the people like to encourage judgement.
Dear Philippines, oh how you deserve to be lived and fought for. To be believed and raised, to be adored and honored.
But we live and live and forget.
Things all around are making us busy. Serve, serve, serve. That we forget we are part of something bigger.
But maybe it is about time to reclaim what should have been taken from the get go. A will to better you and raise the flag of your existence.
Country beloved. Pearl of the Orient Seas.
Filipinos supporting and lifting Filipinos. Filipinos pulling one other up in different areas. Filipinos improving knowledge and skills and showing what we are capable of and giving opportunities to one another to add more values to ourselves. A country loving and fighting for itself.
Isang bayan. Isang dangal. Ituloy ang pagbabago para sa kabutihan ng mga anak ng bayan.
