That was what the homily was about 2 weeks ago, I wanted to blog about it, but I was too lazy to do so, or was just too preoccupied with review and clearance that I didn't remember to do as I planned to.
When I heard of it from the priest, a scene flashed back into my mind, It was saturday back then, just before that Sunday when I heard about the phrase which was taken from the bible, Dad was driving back to the south when we came across a man along the road approaching SLEX where cars were speeding. He was holding a plastic bag, panicking and hastily picking up pieces of white stuff, it took me a few moments before I realized that what he was picking from the ground were grains of rice. It made me contemplate about life, the things I have and don't, the complaints I make, and the value of everything. It made me fall into tears, actually, good thing it was already night time, so dad didn't notice that I was already crying. I don't know why, I felt pity and guilt when I saw the man, it was as if he came from a long tiresome day at work and he's bringing those home for his family, when a vehicle suddenly whipped off the plastic bag of rice he has at hand. The grains have dropped into the cement, yet he's still picking it up. The peculiar thing about me is that, everytime I hear a situation, I tend to put myself in the position. Okay, I'm weird. So what. Anyway, it's actually funny when you think about it, but I do get really affected by these simple things, that is if we could really consider them simple.
POVERTY --- who says poverty's a simple issue/problem? Had it been simple, then it should've been resolved long time ago. But no, it hasn't been, up until now. So this challenge goes to all the candidates for president. If you think you're great enough and efficient enough to resolve poverty in this country, then by all means, do as you say. I'm tired of the set of lies I keep hearing again and again on the radio. WELL, ACTUALLY, I REALIZED, that instead of paying up for the expenses that advertisements, flyers and whatever bull you produced just for the sake of winning have caused you, maybe you could just spend them on the people who needs it more than your Ego and dignity does! PROVE YOURSELVES, CANDIDATES. The Filipinos doesn't need broken promises and never-ending campaign songs to listen to 24/7. They're irritating, the more we listen to them, the more we like you less.
