We Can, We Must, We Should!

by Maria Angelica Martinez

The presence of care and common emotions will motivate the Filipino citizens to act for a change towards the development and freedom of our motherland. We have to learn to cultivate the seeds of being able to care so that we might be able to achieve the goals set forth by us. For us to get anywhere close to these goals however, there is a need for change in our mindset and perspective.  A change that will not only open the doors for opportunities, but one that will lay the foundation for our country’s potential not just to progress but to sprint towards development without a single breath of hesitation.  It is this change that requires us to obliterate our sense of ignorance and build within our hearts a passion to extend a hand towards our land that is being brutally murdered every single day with crime and corruption, both of which are mercilessly eating the insides of our innocent society like a cancerous growth. It is this mindset that we must inculcate within us to grow towards bright optimism and resolution, a mindset that must not just be a voice in our head but an earnest craving that needs to be satisfied no matter what the circumstances we the people are in, because first comes our motherland then comes us. It should be a mindset that will not just brush off any external criticism  but one that can stand unwaveringly with pride, a pride that makes us believe that “Yes,  together as one people, we can do better”, a pride that makes us believe that “We can, We must and We Should”, a pride that opens our eyes to the terrors our country is facing right now.  By achieving this pride and cultivating the desire to help our mother, the Philippines, I sincerely and honestly believe that this will be the branch that will help our country be pulled out from the quicksand of poverty, inequality, and corruption.

God Bless The Philippines, God Bless us all.

Maria Angelica Martinez is a current scholar of United World Colleges Costa Rica on behalf of the Philippines. She is very enthusiastic and fervent about leadership, human rights, international debates, human and economic development. Not only is she a member of Amnesty International and the student council, but she has also joined Model United Nations Conferences concerning global issues.