Sometimes I think: Maybe activists, like Ms. Vida Verzosa is right. Revolution could be the answer. But then, another batch of mediocrity will arise. Capitalist make use of their capital, whether inherited or worked capital in earning profit. Farmers used their hands in cultivating their soil in order to just break-even. Dr. Rizalito Gregorio told us once that farmers should be displaced with more effective equipments in farming. The farming industry should be mechanized. What then will you do with those farmers whose only means of livelihood is in farming? It is but inevitable that we displaced these farmers. It is but a reality that these farmers or former farmers should look for other sort of livelihood. The question now is how you can make sure that the people are not sacrificed for effectiveness. The answer is that you can’t. In every decision there are always pros and cons. It is but a reality that to be effective one has to sacrifice the mediocre, in this case, the farmers.
Maybe I am just pretending. I wanted to give people a means of livelihood yet I wanted to get and become a capitalist myself. Once that I do get the capital I need, maybe it is not people but machineries that would be given value or that would be acquired. Mrs. Fatimah Verzosa is right, we shouldn’t sacrifice values over our goals, but what if our values are becoming a hindrance to our goals.
In the case of my father, he could have ventured in a business, but demoted to taking care of his mother due to medical complications. I know it is his responsibility as her son to take care of her, but this is sacrificing the principle of effectiveness. The rule of the game is survival, the weak perishes while the strong emerge as triumphant. My father is a good man. That is why I don’t see him surviving this battle.
The evil survive. This is what is manifested in any organization and even in typical classroom scenes. Those who cheated on exams passed the test. Those who care less of others usually emerge as Valedictorians. If I want to win this battle, I’m going to have to make sacrifices.
It is after all a matter of priority. We prioritize something that is more valuable to us. By value we are considering our own personal values. But since value is mediocre then we could cross it out. What is more important now is money, isn’t it? Love can be bought I guess. Why should I love at this point in time when I will end up being a mediocre? The same thing as why should I mind helping other people, this is not my problem; I should concern myself only about improving myself. Maybe, just maybe if I were capable enough then that would be the time that I should mind helping other people. But in contrast to this, it is also feasible that the weak can help other weak. I think that is pathetic. If you are weak how can you help others who are weak, you should help yourself. But maybe it is the desire of that person, that weak person to help other people that could make him stronger.
The point is that it is possible to be able to help if we focus on our values. That even we don’t have the money or the capital we can still help other people. We just have to have the desire. The same thing with Love it is not Love alone that let us become closer to other people but the desire to Love. Desire is rooted on our own individual values, thus, it is important that we are able to reflect on the things that are really important to us. If it is money, then the measure of the accomplishment of our desire is how much money we are going to make, but if it is in helping other people then it will be measured not in the numbers of the people we are able to helped but the numbers of instances that we tried helping other people whether we are successful or we have failed. There is indeed a revolution; it is the revolution inside our own hearts that we have to overcome.
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