still percolating.. ^_^
thereare several stories i would like to share regarding this. the first has been shared already in the book recommendation post last jJuly>;p
what do imean by "adults"? well, for all purposes i agree withR. Heinlein. "...indeed a juvenile becomes an adult when, and only when,
he acquires a knowledge of duty and embraces it as dearer than the self-love
he was born with...."" Adults are those who recognize duty. When i was a child, adults where these persons who literally made the world go round. they were where the "buck" stopped, because they didn't(or couldn't) pass it to anybody else.. theirswas theresponsibility . if no one else would do it, they would, they did the "necessary" things.. and this set them apart from my world as a child and i always chafed evrytime i was told "huwag kang basta-basta sasali sa usapang matatanda." this became a goal in my life to finally be recognized as an adult. to be part of that world where thingsthat matter are done, and respect andtrust given, that you can accomplish what is given to you/or what you said you can, of course i didn't know then the weight of the responsibility that accompanied that respect.but since i learned about duty, ibecame aware of the meaning it gives not only for/to me but for those that are dependent on the duty that i need to do. but unfortunately, imho, the desire to be initiated to, or to be part of the adult world is not that great in recent years, perhaps because of the seeming failures of adults to do their duty in recent years, and also the glorification of youth in the media and society today (look at commercials, who are they targetting?,X-games, MTV and what-not - mostly selling instant gratification, fun and be young forever -- selling a lifestyle without showing the consequences, without responsibility >.< - and this of course is being perpetuated by.. you guessed it, "adults" who are out for profit of course, coz the young rarely reflect before buying into something -- if it looks like fun, we got to try it!). the rites of passage to adulthood is almost entirely gone now in our society.. youth is glorified now as the peak rather than being a responsible contributing member of society, or being responsible not only for one's self/actions but for all.but i give credit to the young too who try who give their time, talent, treasure to help ease the ills of this world those who work hard and should be recognized as responsible , contributing members of society, and they are many.. and yet they shouldn't be the ones responsible, yet.where are the adults? thus i come to the last story i will share regarding this.. a few weeks ago i got the chance to talk with Isabel, a fil-Dutch friend from college, who's now living in the netherlands if i'm not wrong. she asked me how the country was and i said that the philippines is still the same and will continue to be so long as the same kind of people are elected as our "leaders"unfortunately, it looks like the majority of the people will continue to elect these people. but, fortunately, the number og people who want change is increasing.. awareness is increasing and more and more people see the need to contribute to nation-building in their own small way, in their circle of influence. A very modest number to be sure( i like to include myself as one of them) but more than what was in past years.She asked if there is still hope.... i answered. hope is a non-issue in nation-building, besides it took us more than 50 years to get where we are now at, it isn't realistic to expect that we can change it all in the same amt of time, change the tide, maybe...but isn't hope the very thing that makes us go on? she said.. i said to her children can hope. we adults, don' have that luxury.. because it is a necessary thing to do? she said.... exactly! i said... hope is a non-issue when duty is involved. children can only hope that we adults do our duty, and we should recognize that our duty is to make sure they do not hope in vain.. (i'm still getting her permission to post our actual conversation here ^_^) hope you got something out of the first "real" blog i made hehe^_^
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