Opinion

Overhaul / Bull’s eye

(Scaling greater heights of impossibilities and bring them down to the realm of the possible)

In a country wallowing in worsening poverty and graft and corruption, efforts of each citizen aimed to endure and survive is obvious. Dubbed as the only Christian country in Asia, the nation continues to wobble in scarcity.

The world has already produced brilliant officers, geniuses, religions and denominations yet the problem brought by curse remains. For centuries, intellectuals are grouped in political, religious and various arenas to find consensual answers to address and completely eradicate these old-rotten problems, but the acts always fail. The key towards a way out seems elusive.

The outbreak in 1896 Philippine revolution emphasized that civic action can be factor but is not the absolute answer. Twenty-two years later, controversial issues pushed politicians to cry for moral revolution but still the problem continues. After those century-fought battles and after our generous heroes shed their blood on the land, still, the root of the problem has not been uprooted. The bull’s eye has not been hit.

No matter how good the system is, what matters most are the people who are running it. Real revolution does not only entail a change of political or social system. The situation calls for the acceptance of spiritual revolution as the mother of moral revolution. With this, comes the need to build an edifice of change not only in the hearts and minds but deep down to the very essence, man’s spirit. This is the power of repentance, a power entitled to every sons and daughters of the Father which will change not only the hearts and minds of men but so is his spirit.

Man has been fenced out blinding him of his capacity, disarming him of faith and hope. Man’s capacity was limited. But with the power to break free not only from political paralysis but from the bondage of sin through repentance, nothing is impossible.

This revelation empowers individuals to soar beyond what the physical mind can think of and what the average body can perform. This empowers him to get out of the box and shed away fears and deception that is hindering and blinding him for long bringing man into a dimension of possibilities generating unthinkable progress in an unimaginable time.

Today, few Filipinos realize that there can be no real democracy if there is no enlightened citizenry. It is only when people can truly accept and apply repentance that is when the bull’s eye is hit best.