It must be the redundancy of issues or the lack of new challenges or the fear that the island would become a permanent home or a combination of all three that my friend has decided to leave. The island and neighboring communities have been her home in the past three years. “It’s time to go and either I do it now or forever be stuck here,” she said.<\/p>\n
How I wish I could easily seek a change of venue to take on new challenges in the same profession or something entirely different. But this would have to wait until my youngest son is ready for his freshman year in high school. Then, the issue is basically academic. Must move, sir!<\/p>\n
I’m rather envious of my friend who’s destined to explore new and exciting challenges ahead. Said she: “Half a world away, people talk of globalization. Here, it’s still federalization and other provincial issues.” I couldn’t agree more. We sound like broken records, smashed and often refitted and played time and again like there’s no tomorrow. Perhaps we’ve fallen in love with our discordant voices.<\/p>\n
How I wish I could find new challenges sooner. Perhaps the redundancy of issues and their constant regurgitation have fueled my frustration as to often wonder if these repetitive events is the microcosm of the future of these isles. But then there’s hope and the opportunity to rebuild a ruined bridge for posterity. It’s the last thing in my agenda as an ardent believer of freedom.<\/p>\n
Perhaps the most frustrating of all is the obvious lack of coherence in the way we have forged public policies. We whip-up changes without the benefit of thoughtful analysis or reason. As a consequence, we have earned an undeserving reputation for quick-fixes riddled with complacency, rather than making difficult decisions that guarantee greater return over the long term. A glimpse of the forest over the trees became an all too powerful though harmful tool.<\/p>\n
I can go on and on and never reach the end of the tunnel for there’s a seeming open and vacuous space out there. But I’ve learned to cope with my frustrations over the lack of proactivity among local leadership to do what is right. Regrettably, too, I’m stuck here for several more years while my friend flies into the open skies of new challenges and opportunities in some distant shore. I will still be here my friend until it’s time to relocate elsewhere in the near future.<\/p>\n
Finally, I often romanticize living in a simple setting somewhere up north. I am tickled to death of the prospects of the Pagan Resettlement Plan. How great it would be returning to basics except that I still want my PC with me to check the latest news from the global village. Maybe and just maybe, I may even scribble a book of the legends of these isles not for profit, but for posterity. Have a nice trip my friend and may your journey bring you elsewhere where you could expand your horizon. Salamat yan Si Yuus Maase`!<\/p>\n
\u2022 \u2022 \u2022 \u2022 \u2022<\/p>\n
A leader usually knows how to forge the future of his people with fire under his belly to make things happen. For those caught in the trench of irrelevance and ma\u00f1ana, your best bet is to surrender your post and give it to others better poised to make a difference.<\/p>\n
You’ve had your chance and if prestige and power is your sole goal for seeking higher office, neither would grant you the skills to deal effectively with qualitative issues of the indigenous people. It would be grand failure all over, again!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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