Hindi ang Kabataan ang Pag-asa ng Bayan

Sa panahon ngayon, kung sino pa ang matatanda, sila pa ang baluktot mag isip. Gone are the days when the elders only teach us about respect, humility, and becoming hard working. Remember nung mga panahon when our lolos and lolas would pinch us kapag nagsalita tayo sa hapag? Because they say it's a sign of disrespect. Nung mga panahong they would tell you na wag sasabat pag may kausap sila, and when you do, you get scolded. Nung mga panahong tinuturuan tayo kung paano magpakumbaba, "pag binato ka ng bato, batuhin mo ng tinapay." Remember? That seemed so long ago.

Dahil ang mga matatanda ngayon, aminin man natin o hindi, they no longer teach us those. Anong ginagawa nila? They argue in front of us over a little piece of land. They smoke and they drink and they gamble and they show tyranny. They condone the wrong doings of their children. They commit adultery in broad daylight. They are GREEDY, AND LUSTFUL, AND PROUD, AND ENVIOUS, AND LAZY, AND ANGRY.

So we, children, become those as well. Nagtataka kayo kung bakit maraming kabataan na sa murang edad kayang pumatay, magnakaw, mang-rape, mahilig makipag away, mayabang, atbp? Because they were misguided by elders, they've seen what the elders do. Kaya bago tayo magtaka, why not take the time to look at ourselves in the mirror. Ask ourselves what we have been doing for them children to turn out that way. Imbes na husgahan natin ang bawat isa, bakit hindi natin isipin na baka isa pala tayo sa mga dahilan kung bakit may mga gyera?

Things have changed big time, but we're making these changes WORSE. Maybe it's time we change for the better. Bring back the RESPECT, HUMILITY, and HARDWORK our great great great grandparents had been teaching us. Once we do, I guess the rest of the good things will come after.

Do not soil your children further. Hindi ang kabataan ang pag-asa ng bayan. Kayong mga magulang ang maggagabay sa kanila, kayo ang pag-asa para sa mas magandang kinabukasan. Wag kayong masyadong umaasa sa mga sinabi ni Rizal. Patay na siya ano ba.