THE MANY FACES OF THE FILIPINO

There is much good in the Filipino but there is much that needs to be changed. If we have to success in the nation building we must start with people-building by taking a close look at ourselves. Then we can see that many of our strong points are also source of our weakness.

As a people we are person oriented and relationship with others are a very important part of our lives. On the other hand, our person oriented when carried too far, makes us lose our objective. We also learn to ignore time honored rules and procedures where everyone, regardless of our relationship wit h them are treated equally. Our person person oriented leads us to be concerned for people yet unfair to some.

We find other contradiction in the many faces of the Filipino. Our relationship with others (pakikipagkapwa-tao) and our to each own mentality(kanya-kanya) live comfortably with us. We are other oriented and capable of great empathy and yet we are fault-finders who are self serving and envious of one another.

Inyong amigo: @aaronplando