TOWARDS A MORE RESILIENT PHILIPPINES”
Resilience amidst disaster is heartwarming and brings hope to a world filled with news of war, corruption, poverty, and death. Resilience is hopeful, resilience is a compliment, and resilience mirrors the strength of our nation. And what a strong nation we must be to smile and joyously live and move on from all hardships that plague us. Except this strength is not our nation’s strength, but a strength individually gained and brought about by necessity and darker circumstances. A lot of Filipinos feel proud of our resilience, but our resilience is a defeatist form of resilience. There is not much contempt for the causes of our suffering, and if not contempt then what we lack is the will for a better life for ourselves and all Filipinos. But is this defeatism our fault? Needless to say, the reasoning behind the infamous resilience of the Filipinos is something that needs to be tackled more. Of course, not all Filipinos hide behind resilient smiles and bahala na attitude. We have and