Early this morning, former Defense and Environment Secretary Angelo Reyes took his life after visiting his mother’s tomb. He was rushed to Quirino Memorial Medical Center in Quezon City and was declared DOA.
I attended a mass last Sunday. In the priest’s sermon, everyone laugh when he said, “I heard of someone saying we have the best politician money can buy.” I laughed but I also felt sad because it reflected to us Filipinos. Have we just accepted this for a fact? Because, I haven’t heard anyone disagree or seen someone having a violent reaction. For heaven’s sake, we were the ones who put these people in the position. We voted for them, remember? And almost all of them are re-elected and been there for decades.
The death of Sec. Reyes only proves the cruel truth in our country. We accuse easily without looking at what we have done or what we are doing. In fraud, materiality does not apply. Whether you take a peso or a billion pesos, it does not make any difference. Even if, you did not take anything but TOLERATED such act, you still participated in the nationwide corruption. So, who are we to judge? Christ once said, “He who has no sin cast the first stone.”
A friend told me, “Peace of mind is priceless.” Whatever or if ever, Sec. Reyes knew something in the irregularities of our government, I guess we will never know. Let us leave his family alone. They are in grief now. Give them peace as you want to have peace in yourselves. How would you feel if that happened to your family? And please don’t tell me that what happened to him and his family is just rightful… that’s just awful… again, who are you to judge, when you are guilty yourself.
Just a suggestion, instead of blaming everything to others, why don’t we practice a simple act righteousness starting with ourselves. Then we remind people we directly meet, whether it is our neighbor or a member of our family working in the government or private company, to uphold our law and fight graft and corruption. And maybe we could make a difference. God bless us all.
oh..that was really a sad part..we easy judge others than judging ourselves
ReplyDeleteyup, how unfortunate, but that's a reality...
ReplyDeleteWho would think a man as sharp and powerful as him would suddenly shift course. That was too quick of him to end his life that way leaving the public wondering all the more.
ReplyDeleteIt's been almost a year na pala ... sometimes, its just their time.
ReplyDeleteAngelo Reyes was such a great man. It's almost a year.
ReplyDeleteYeah, right. Indeed unfortunate but we can't escape reality.
ReplyDeleteguilty yan
ReplyDeleteyeah we should not judge others but that's reality. i and hope the former secretary has not done any corruption.
ReplyDeleteAll of us one way or another have done something bad in our life. And we do not have the right to judge anyone of what they have done the way we don't want to be judged. And yes we should analyze ourselves first, everything should start from within before we can teach our circle of family and friends to do the same. We should learn to follow first before we can be good leaders.
ReplyDeletenice post.. God Bless!
ReplyDeleteChange should really begin with ourselves. :) It's human nature to notice the mote on someone else's eye...especially when we know we are better. Doing so while we are no better, is the worst.
ReplyDeleteIs he a hero by killing himself? He did it because he couldn't take the reality. If he lives, his conscience will be haunting him forever. The dead man tell no tale. As Rizal writes, "Morir Es Descansar"
ReplyDeleteCheck this out --> Angelo Reyes, a Hero?
What we have are just incomplete if not exaggerated news from the media. We don't know him in person so we dont have an inch of a right to judge him. Bless his soul and his family.
ReplyDelete“Who are you to judge the life I live? I know I'm not perfect and I don't live to be. But, before you start pointing fingers, make sure your hands are clean.” -- Bob Marley
I agree with you.. we should ALL practice a simple act righteousness. We all know for a fact that getting money from the country is not new.. some get little, some big but the media sometimes should focus more on what is good in the philippines even in our movies.. good image is still best.. and still act on finding those bad politicians.. I admre those who really do work for the people.. sometimes it shows.. :-) lets all act simple steps for the better.. small steps would be big if all are contributing to it.
ReplyDeleteI was shocked to hear in the news of his tragic death. Unbelievable because a strong man like him chose to do that. Anyway, I think he's a good man.
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he did it so nobody will be blamed.
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