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the_passerby5981

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  1. I think it is important for Filipinos to have the remotest association with affluence because of the false image of a good life.

     

    They say the grass is greener on the other side. A lot of us Pinoys subscribe to that ideal. The grass being greener might mean more money, more material things, easy and convenient living, and even the ever elusive "American Dream". Sociologically, I think it is prevalent among the Filipino people to associate kayamanan with kaginhawaan and kaligayahan (mutually exclusively). That is why we hear people say, "yayaman din ako" when they actually mean they want to get out of a generally oppressive and unjust socio-political situation. In the Philippines, where poverty is prevalent, and where the gap between the rich and the poor is the widest anywhere in the world, the good life is associated with the wealthy and powerful; as in the Philippines, the wealthy ARE the powerful, and vice versa. And thus, it is a false image of a good life.

     

    The good life is not found in wealth nor power. It is found in good, lasting relationships and finding meaning in life and the things that we do while we are alive. It is found in touching the lives of other people (how ever cliche that must sound like). It is in giving back and paying forward. It is in finding love in life and in yourself so that you, too, can love back in any way you deem fitting. It is in finding peace and desiring justice for all. It is in sitting down once in a while and reflecting about what you have done and what you have become and being content with how you lived. And perhaps, you know that when you envision your own funeral (even if it might sound morbid), and you see the faces of those who will be there to attend. In the end, I think that's what all of us aspire for and spend our lives searching.And after all is said and done, we wish to end up, after this life, to where we will finally be united with our Creator.

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  3. If you need to drink your meds and you're too lazy to get out of the room to get some water, drink it with the wine that's in your room! :) Gives taking the pills and tables a whole different light.

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