What is to be a citizen? What is to be a Filipino? Most of us would not even bother to think about the answer to this questions for various reasons. Some deem it as totally irrelevant but some plainly just cannot appreciate the right context when we talk about being a citizen.
For me, the simple answer is that it's the small things that count. We do not become good citizens by sacrificing our lives for the grandest of ideals. We simply must acknowledge that we can make a difference. After this first step, we can move on to deciding where and how we can contribute.
It is our natural birth right to be citizens of this nation. We were Filipino first before we were able to utter our first words or take our first footsteps. We were Filipino first even before we knew the word Filipino--- way before we could spell the word citizen.
There is no struggle in doing what you are ought to do with excellence. Be it studying in a university preparing to be good leaders in the future or as simple as a market vendor selling their goods at the right prices.
Unless we see being a citizen a natural manner of the universe to unfold us in "becoming"--- that is the only time we will "become."
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16 years ago
sir i dont know if this is the correct place to blog but il try, i wanted to comment on this particular blog because i have always wondered what it truly means to be a good citizen, was it to not litter, or help the old lady cross the street? Or is it simply being proud of your heritage? being filipino german i am proud of both sides of my heritage but i also have always believed that it IS the small things that we do everyday be it picking up after ones self or driving defensively, we can all do our part no matter who you are, even though we are born with citizenship it doesnt mean we cant help make our country by lending a voice and a hand to those that need it.
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