good results

for only the second time this year, i turned on the TV at my place.  (the first time was a couple of weeks ago to test the indoor antenna i just bought.)  i was watching cory aquino's funeral convoy, listening to stories about her, and tears just kept on flowing from my eyes.  i cry easily so i really expected to shed some tears.  but i did not expect them to be so much.  ugh!  my eyes were swollen, imagine!  what on earth was that?!

my dear friend, a street-smart young widow, went to cory's wake.  she is not at all the crying type.  but upon seeing cory in her coffin, she said she unexpectedly, uncharacteristically shed tears.

i am thinking we couldn't be the only ones like this.  and i am further thinking that all these should not be for naught.

there are posts about this second aquino death serving as the long-overdue decisive wake-up call for the country.  it is sad that our wake-up calls entail deaths.  we are so dense we need something so severe.  heartbreaking.

whatever it is, i hope it leads to something good... a better country, a better people, a better self...

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