As I live my life through years, I can’t get off of the thought of what is really my purpose of living. I was struck by the fact that the world needs more people to save it, to save us, from downfall regardless of the huge and increasing population that we have. As what the proverb says, "Madali ang maging tao, mahirap magpakatao.” This makes me think of how does this proverb exist? Does it mean that people have less knowledge of humanity? How does it become easy to be a human, but it is difficult to act like one? This drives me to generate my own beliefs.
It has always been my principle that rather than think about what you can receive, think about what you can give to others. This principle of mine has strengthened enough through GIMIC. As what I have seen on the different inspiring and motivating videos that Kuya Maco has presented to us, I’ve been moved to take a step closer to service. One has to learn to humble himself; to become a person with a pure heart, a heart that urges to serve others despite of differences without asking of something in return. I don’t want us to arrive at the point of living in the world where we don’t look out for each other. Not just the people that are close to us, but anybody who needs a helping hand. A simple act of kindness can be a tool to promote humanity.
Of all the talks that I’ve been through, there’s one quotation that hit me true, “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country”. As John F. Kennedy says, let’s not always wait for others to help us; let’s be a light to somebody’s life. It’s not always other people will stretch their arms to us, instead we should insist to extend our arms to them. In this sense, we can be a hero not just of our own but also for others.