by LEX Tupas

The Good Life

Almost all of us dream and yearn for the good things in life. Cool cars, great gadgets, cozy home, an awesome lifestyle, to name a few, are some of the things in life that some people long for. Who wouldn’t? A comfortable and good life is something that most people wouldn’t say no to.
Young people usually strive hard to reach such as exemplified by trying to even get the best cell phones and ipods at an early age by saving up and even getting some summer jobs just to have those gadgets. Seemingly, it becomes a statement of whatever sort to the youngsters. Well, there is nothing wrong with working hard to reach one’s goal or dream. I would like to think that whatever good things that happen to a person or the good things that result because of such are commendable especially if it is due to determination, perspiration and passion. What might be troublesome for others is if one becomes too focused on oneself and forgets that there is much more to life than just satisfying one’s needs and desires. Well, one could say that charity begins at home or with oneself before it is shared. What would one share if he could not even meet his personal basic needs. This is true but when it comes to desires it might be unending.
I do not take anything against those who are successful and I even admire them as they serve as inspiration to the youth of today that nothing is impossible when you put your heart into it. As long as you deserve what you have and what you have become, there’s definitely nothing wrong with it. On a more humane side though, if we reach a level of success and good fortune, I would like to think that it would also be good to share some of the blessings we have received. Some religions peg it at a certain rate for donations of their members and some would just depend on the willingness of the individual members. Regardless of what race, culture or religion one belongs to, I would tend to believe that all of us share in the responsibility to help others in need and also to be of service to the community we live in.
I would also even go to the extent of believing that the good life is just a by product of each person’s desire to have a competent financial standing and to provide a good future for his/her family.
Ang maayu nga pangabuhi damgu natun tanan pero di lang ni dapat maging damgu sang isa kag maghisa sa iban nga nakalab-ot sa maayu nga sitwasyon. Tanan kita dapat magtinguha kag indi magsalig lang sa iban nga tawo o sa gobyerno lang. Magtindog kita para sa atun kaugalingun kag para man sa atun mga pinalangga. Ang importante kada isa sa atun may palakadtuan nga mayu kag matabu sini ang paghimakas sang kada isa makadala sang kolektibo nga pagprogreso sang komunidad. Ang mga damgu natun maging realidad gid man basta pangabudlayan lang kag magpati man nga wala sang imposible. Isa man ang paghatag man pagsalig sa Gino-o nga ubayan ya kita sa maayu nga palakadtuan.
Nothing good comes easy.
UGYON Kabataang Ilonggo. UGYON Iloilo. Ilonggos are worth working and fighting for.
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