Christmas Feels

          We are in that special season once again, a season of joy, of peace, of great tidings. A season when we celebrate the birth of Christ the King, the redeemer of mankind, Jesus is the reason for the season.
          Christmas is not just a time for festivity and merry making. The Christmas spirit is a spirit of giving and forgiving. Christmas means a spirit of love, a time when the love of God and the love fellow men should prevail over all hatred and bitterness, a time when our thoughts and deeds and the spirit of our lives manifest the presence of God. We must remind ourselves that we are strangers her on earth; that our real name is in heaven. And no matter how long we live, we shall sure die one day. We should count ourselves lucky to be alive to see this Christmas. The spirit behind Christmas is that giving and sharing. December is the month of Christmas. Carols coming from every store, television and radio, from church choir and ordinary people caught-up in the spirit of the season.
         Christmas is a time to renew bonds . It is a wonderful time when love ones can show appreciation for each other. It is also great time to use that love to build bridges of understanding, acceptance, and forgiveness.

Equality

           Human beings will suit our definition of persons for now, but we will come back to this. All persons are equal. This seems obvious because we are all God's creation, but we are not equal in many ways. We are not all equally strong, equally tall, or capable of doing an equal amount of work, or equally beautiful  etc. And we certainly all differ greatly in our personalities. Yes indeed we do, but it doesn't mean that we don't have the same rights and opportunities.

          We all have a freedom, we live in a democratic world so we have the right to give our opinions, regardless to whether it known. The denial or in accessibility of quality education also threatens the exercise of freedom in many different ways. For example, people are classified according to their educational attainment or even to the schools or universities where they studied. Whether or not some individuals are qualified to a job post, they are judged according to how they dress or compose themselves and the kind off community they came from.

          Equality is measured in terms of worth, of value. And all people have equal worth and equal value. There is no person who is interior to any other person, ever. 

Pag-asa ng ating Bayan

          Tuwing buwan ng Nobyembre ipinagdiriwang  natin ang isa sa mga mahalagang okasyon ang Buwan ng mga Bata o National Children's Month na may temang "Isulong: Tamamng Pag-aaruga para sa lahat ng Bata. Siguro naman ay pamilyar na kayo sa kasabihang "ang mga kabataan ang pag-asa ng bayan" ngunit sa aking palagay ang kasabihang ito'y unti-unti ng nawawala o di na ito pinapahalagahan.
          Lahat tayo ay may responsibilidad at panangutan upang masiguro na ligtas mula sa lahat ng kapahamakan ang ating mga kabataan. Nakakalungkot dahil sa ngayon ay napakaraming kabataan ang nagiging biktima ng iba't ibang klase ng karahasan sa ating lipunan. Ayon sa datos ng 2016 National Baseline Study on Violence Against Children na ginawa ng Council for the Welfare of Children, United Nations Children's Fund at kasama ng iba pang ahensya ng gobyerno at mga civil society organization, tatlo sa bawat limang kabataang Pilipino ang nakakaranas ng karahasan at higit kalahati sa kanila ay nararanasan ito sa mismo nilang mga tahanan.
          Paano sila magiging pag-asa at kinabukasan ng ating bayan kung sa murang edad ay sisnisira na ang kanilang dignidad? Kailangan nila ang tulong mula sa kanilang pamilya, lipunan, at pamahalaan.