> Lakbayera's bwena mano: pontius pilate, lies, greed and goethe

while sorting/deleting/organizing old computer files, i stumbled upon goethe’s advice which i saved from a page in www.tzuchi.org. amidst all the “washing of hands ala pontius pilate”, lies and greed, i find peace and tranquillity while meditating upon these…Nine Requisites for Contented Living by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

Health enough to make work a pleasure.
Wealth enough to support your needs.
Strength to battle with difficulties and overcome them.
Grace enough to confess your sins and forsake them.
Patience enough to toil until some good is accomplished.
Charity enough to see some good in your neighbor.
Love enough to move you to be useful and helpful to others.
Faith enough to make real the things of God.
Hope enough to remove all anxious fears concerning the future.

be that as it may, ito pa rin ang tingin ko: mahalagang patuloy na mamulat/ mag-organisa/ kumilos/ makibaka ang mga pilipino para matanggal ang ugat ng “systemic dysfunction” sa gubyerno’t lipunan. pero kasabay nito ay ang pagbabago sa sarili – sa isip, kalooban at gawa.

hindi lang daw tatlong "ismo" ang problema ng bayan. may isa pang "ismo" -- "tayomismo".