That we lead many nations
in terms of faith - only means one thing,
we are a people prepared.
- selah -
For the burden of the times
is a burden of expectation.
If it were a burden of justice,
would any nation survive?
Therefore,
do not despair,
my people.
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(Burden of Expectation)
What does a nation do with a burden?
It bears it together!
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THERE IS
an expectation - under heaven -
about this one nation of ours;
a requirement to succeed.
What is it about expectations
that make us cringe, my compatriots?
To whom much is given,
much must also be expected!
Is the Filipino truly free?
Have we become a nation mired
in a state of permanent revolution?
The mindset of War requires division - even in the midst -
but against whom must we fight against these days?
Increasingly,
we are becoming a people exhausted,
a nation dark and despairing,
trampled upon by unnamed tyrannies
and nameless tyrants.
Is the Filipino truly free?
- selah -
What is this freedom, this vaunted liberty?
We are a nation distinct, a nation among nations;
we are a nation led by a vision enshrined in our Constitution,
bounded by laws, and governed by an entire lineage of sacred trust
that goes from strength to strength and hope to hope
embodied - in time - through the Offices of this Republic
and duly represented by the mandates carried
by each their presiding Seats of public service
in persons elected or appointed.
We are a human society,
endowed by Almighty God with a culture,
a history, customs, traditions, aspirations, civic values,
and a freedom to pursue the happy ends
for which our generations (as a whole)
have dedicated and gained for this nation
self reliance and self determination
at such a cost!
What is it about the national success
that is becoming so fearful to us, O my nation,
that we have come to shun it?
Have we forgotten who we are?
No other nation upon the earth
can build upon this one, faithful Republic
the foundation of all her better days
than this particular nation -
this one Filipino nation!
Truly, there is a requirement for us to succeed!
But this requirement - under heaven -
(being that rightful expectation we all, as fellow citizens, share)
is only a requirement - and shall remain so -
as a thing remembered for us by God
and reminded in our hearts - these days -
by the most beneficent will of His Providential grace.
We have yet to claim it and make it ours!
And so let us together say, "yes, indeed."
There is a requirement for us to succeed!
- selah -
We are no different
from our other kindred nations
yet we are also distinct from each of them
because of the things that gather us together
into one common, human belonging; one nation.
We can not allow ourselves
to be defined by the those things
that strive against our peace,
that seek to tear us apart,
but by our free and human belongings
to each other as a whole,
one and distinct.
A nation - is - the people
- and - our connections - with and to each other;
our relationships - as citizens to each other -
and what (Who) animates and informs it.
Our freedom proceeds from this realization.
For we can not truly become free
to fulfill our national aspirations
until we have learned to serve
- as citizens to each other -
and we can not become
- as citizens to each other -
unless we participate in the work
to achieve a better Philippines.
And that this Republic is but one work.
- selah -
I have a belief
in our beloved Philippines
that transcends mere optimism.
And I often feel,
if I think about it long enough,
that I have come to a conviction of this
long before our time.
It is as though
it has always been there,
and never at all was it lost.
It sought as I sought
and now - we are together -
in our seeking.
And
in this togetherness,
we are together sheltered.
- selah -
The work we must do
to restore to ourselves our Republic endeavor
is not just the work of our government
in the Responsible State (not just the President's)
- it is ours as well, my people beloved of God.
It may only be accomplished
by nations and indeed, it may only be accomplished
by this particular nation, our one Filipino nation!
This is why I am addressing
much of this communication to each of you:
Only as
- we, the people -
can we effectively stand
against the evils of our present times.
Truly,
my fellow Filipino compatriots,
we should only expect for ourselves,
united across differences and one in our generations,
to succeed because victory is the only lineage
that belongs to the national peace
we must soon come to profess -
together this time.
Now is the time for peace:
This is our time.
Peace, I salute you.
(original produced 20100914)
---<--@
in terms of faith - only means one thing,
we are a people prepared.
- selah -
For the burden of the times
is a burden of expectation.
If it were a burden of justice,
would any nation survive?
Therefore,
do not despair,
my people.
Believe.
---<--@(Burden of Expectation)
What does a nation do with a burden?
It bears it together!
---<--@
THERE IS
an expectation - under heaven -
about this one nation of ours;
a requirement to succeed.
What is it about expectations
that make us cringe, my compatriots?
To whom much is given,
much must also be expected!
Is the Filipino truly free?
Have we become a nation mired
in a state of permanent revolution?
The mindset of War requires division - even in the midst -
but against whom must we fight against these days?
Increasingly,
we are becoming a people exhausted,
a nation dark and despairing,
trampled upon by unnamed tyrannies
and nameless tyrants.
Is the Filipino truly free?
- selah -
What is this freedom, this vaunted liberty?
We are a nation distinct, a nation among nations;
we are a nation led by a vision enshrined in our Constitution,
bounded by laws, and governed by an entire lineage of sacred trust
that goes from strength to strength and hope to hope
embodied - in time - through the Offices of this Republic
and duly represented by the mandates carried
by each their presiding Seats of public service
in persons elected or appointed.
We are a human society,
endowed by Almighty God with a culture,
a history, customs, traditions, aspirations, civic values,
and a freedom to pursue the happy ends
for which our generations (as a whole)
have dedicated and gained for this nation
self reliance and self determination
at such a cost!
What is it about the national success
that is becoming so fearful to us, O my nation,
that we have come to shun it?
Have we forgotten who we are?
No other nation upon the earth
can build upon this one, faithful Republic
the foundation of all her better days
than this particular nation -
this one Filipino nation!
Truly, there is a requirement for us to succeed!
But this requirement - under heaven -
(being that rightful expectation we all, as fellow citizens, share)
is only a requirement - and shall remain so -
as a thing remembered for us by God
and reminded in our hearts - these days -
by the most beneficent will of His Providential grace.
We have yet to claim it and make it ours!
And so let us together say, "yes, indeed."
There is a requirement for us to succeed!
- selah -
We are no different
from our other kindred nations
yet we are also distinct from each of them
because of the things that gather us together
into one common, human belonging; one nation.
We can not allow ourselves
to be defined by the those things
that strive against our peace,
that seek to tear us apart,
but by our free and human belongings
to each other as a whole,
one and distinct.
A nation - is - the people
- and - our connections - with and to each other;
our relationships - as citizens to each other -
and what (Who) animates and informs it.
Our freedom proceeds from this realization.
For we can not truly become free
to fulfill our national aspirations
until we have learned to serve
- as citizens to each other -
and we can not become
- as citizens to each other -
unless we participate in the work
to achieve a better Philippines.
And that this Republic is but one work.
- selah -
I have a belief
in our beloved Philippines
that transcends mere optimism.
And I often feel,
if I think about it long enough,
that I have come to a conviction of this
long before our time.
It is as though
it has always been there,
and never at all was it lost.
It sought as I sought
and now - we are together -
in our seeking.
And
in this togetherness,
we are together sheltered.
- selah -
The work we must do
to restore to ourselves our Republic endeavor
is not just the work of our government
in the Responsible State (not just the President's)
- it is ours as well, my people beloved of God.
It may only be accomplished
by nations and indeed, it may only be accomplished
by this particular nation, our one Filipino nation!
This is why I am addressing
much of this communication to each of you:
Only as
- we, the people -
can we effectively stand
against the evils of our present times.
Truly,
my fellow Filipino compatriots,
we should only expect for ourselves,
united across differences and one in our generations,
to succeed because victory is the only lineage
that belongs to the national peace
we must soon come to profess -
together this time.
Now is the time for peace:
This is our time.
Peace, I salute you.
(original produced 20100914)
---<--@
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