Choices....

Poverty has always been a pressing issue all over the world, especially in our country. What can you expect in a third world nation besieged by political unrest and social apathy. In today's column of Michael Tan in PDI, he mentioned about the need for health alleviation as stressed by a speech made by a UP Alumni. He does have a point but what i could not understand is the mentioning of Mang Pandoy in the speech mentioned, giving the idea that the diminishing health and death of the old man should be pointed out to the government. Yes, the government had it's fault for it's corrupted minds that abused the budget for health but c'mon, Mang Pandoy was given the chance way back Ramos' regime but his efforts to elevate himself from poverty failed. WE do not really know the reasons behind but surely it was all about choices.....

I'm not a pro-administration voter, i only believe that each man is capable of choice, of making a difference in his life and in this poverty-stricken nation. Poverty is not solely a product of bad governance, it is also influenced by individual choices... a man could always end up poor if he chose to just laze around and wait for the rich to fed him or a struggling man could end up owning a store by persevering and making what he had work to his advantage. Each one had a choice between poverty and wealth, between failure and success, between optimism and pessimism.

How about you? what is your choice?