#letlenikikolead2022
EDSA People Power II in 2001 was my personal crucible as much as EDSA People Power I in 1986 was for my parents and my older siblings. In 2002 at the age of 27, steeled by a new political awakening and resolve, and then undertaking a new design and history (heraldry) project for the government. I saw everything as an opportunity to unlearn what I knew before and relearn anew and more about our nation.
Prudence, discernment, and empathy are gifts, but for those who seek them, they will only come through to dutiful and constant nurture of the mind and spirit with integrity and ethics. Whatever next reality you would visualize for yourself and our country would solely depend on your vote on Election Day. How you nurtured your mind and spirit throughout the past six years will inform your ultimate decision. That constant diet of fake news from dubious peddlers and disinformation sources which you have not made any effort to verify will be its bedrock.
When everything clears out in the end (depending on your person, time and process), the cumulative lessons you would gain from it all will form the self-realization that is your life in hindsight. By then it will be too late and you would just have to live with it—be it with the sword of Damocles or Pyrrhic victory. You cannot allow that. You would not allow that for yourself and your family, would you? An all-too-steep a price to pay for these unwise #NeverAgain choices on your ballot.
Don’t Lose Hope.
After watching our candidate, her team, and supporters put all their work, effort, time, money, and tears into the 2022 Elections, it feels like a dark shadow has been cast on our country again and there’s nothing we can do about it.
I’m so sorry to the families who were victimized by the Marcoses. I’m so sorry to those who died trying to stop a ruthless and corrupt dictator, only for his son to wind up as President of our poor and starving country. I’m sorry to victims of the Marcos family, to those victims whose bodies were found and those whose bodies are lost in a place that their loved ones cannot find. I’m sorry to those who witnessed Martial Law and celebrated when Ferdinand Marcos was ousted, thinking their children won’t have to suffer the way the Filipinos did in the 70s-80s. I’m sorry to those in lower socioeconomic status families who voted for Leni with hopes that she would be able to bring about change as our President. I’m sorry to everyone who hoped for a better future, only for evil to prevail.
Our hearts ache. Today, I watched my 81 year old grandfather sit on his own in a depressed mood because he couldn’t believe that after doing his part in history by joining the EDSA revolution and voting on May 9, he was watching history repeat itself. He is too old to worry…but he worries because he cares the future of his family and country when he is gone.
But this is only the beginning. Before things will get better, they will get worse. But things can still get better. We cannot lose hope, because that’s exactly what our corrupt government wants.
If you are lucky enough to be in class A and B, please do your part to help the less fortunate. We will suffer, but we will not suffer as gravely as those who live hand to mouth on a daily basis. It is easy to think that they might deserve it because they were the bulk of the voters who supported the Marcos family’s return. But the truth is that their return has been carefully prepared for, for decades. Fake news, vote buying, poll manipulation, cronyism, corruption, political dynasties. The real evil lies in those with power and privilege who are educated enough to know better but choose not to do better. There is a reason why education is normally given the smallest budget, because these corrupt politicians benefit from the less fortunate’s ignorance and miseducation.
The day will come when we are called to rally again and fight for our freedom. Until then, do not lose hope and do not forget to act as the miracle in other people’s lives. The evilness of our government should not push us to tolerate and enable such behavior or worse, be as uncaring and without compassion as they are. Our country can be better if we continue to push ourselves to be better and demand our government to be better.
God bless you guys. To the non-Filipinos, please pray for our country or help spread the news about what is happening to us. We really need it.
So I might not be active for good few days since my country is going to a shitstorm as we speak since they want to elect a dictator’s son instead of a woman that has all the credentials to back it up.
we’re in the all-time low right now and we’re gonna fight the good fight for the country.
I don’t pray or ask prayers, but this time. For the sake of my family, for the sake of my husband, my daughter, my parents and sibling, for the sake of every single individual that strives for a better future, please place us in your prayer as we might live the nightmare of 36 years ago all over again.
