Teacher's teacher

First, there was People Power in the In fact last February 25 the Filipinos celebrated the EDSA bloodless revolution. After a number of years, other countries experienced the urgent need to be empowered for their future so we hear of Egypt and now Libya. Similar phenomena occurred in many other places and like any event that calls for risks, others failed while other succeeded. The world indeed is the best teacher of life. We are the learners who go about responding to do or not to do what needs to happen.

Travels too offer another avenue of knowing what seems to be the crisis of the moment. Like Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, these countries tell the other nations how they took care and are taking care of their beloved lands. Tourists are awed at their skycrapers and the developments that look too advanced we can only wish the Philippines will keep up. Yet, at the end of the day, it is without hesitation that if made to choose Teacher's teacher will still choose her native land Philippines, maybe not because of its infrastructures but because of its simplicity and family relationships.

The world is there to become our stage and we, the actors, in this drama of life have to do our roles to the best way possible. Then there is our Creator who will hold us accountable for the life given to us to say yes or no to life's calling.

At this juncture, our prayers to Flordeliz Gayon Malicse who passed away very recently. She has lived life with zest and meaning, her time has come but now she is happily back in God's fold. To the family, hold on to the faith that being with God is the best way to live a life without end.