Each of
us is different and unique as to how we think, perceive and feel. But despite
our differences, we are connected with each other and to one another. We might
picture ourselves as--
A wave
on the ocean arising from the water and form a line of countless other waves as
they move in unison crisscrossing from a million different centers of energy
and traveling in the longitudinal strip in rhyme and rhythm laden with
emotional aura as they roll down to the shoreline in wonderful marvel then
splashing and crashing one after another endlessly repeating the sound as if
dancing to the tempo of unionization.
Today,
in the light of the Covid-19 pandemic, which is just an unstoppable juggernaut
that has torn the world asunder, our country, our flag, and our pride as
Filipinos are all at stake. Our very survival depends on our ability to toe the
line what the government demands us to stay at home in order to prevent the
spread of the Covid-19.
Our
country is in the condition of a human body in a state of suspended
animation—the heart still beats—the principle of vitality is unextinguished—but
the active functions of life are suspended. PRRD, who never is out of calling
distance, constantly juggle the books to stay our country afloat, and keeps
trying to breathe the breath of confidence into it that it will be at once
resuscitated.
This
call for a nationwide lockdown that lifts neighborly concern beyond one’s
tribe, race, and class is, in reality, a call for an all-embracing and
unconditional love by PRRD for all Filipinos. The Covid-19 pandemic is just
constantly the Grim Reaper pulling down the country while PRRD is pulling up
and saving it.
Together
we must learn to live as brothers otherwise together we will be forced to
perish as fools.
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