Saturday, October 4, 2008

BIG things come from small things...

by: Juri Padios

Last Thursday, I lined up to pay for my tuition fee in my school. It was exactly 8:20 in the morning when I started to fall in line. There were a lot of students in the finance office and all the windows were occupied by students of Xavier University. I was a bit disappointed because their system is very slow. It will take 10 to 15 minutes to accommodate a single student and that is really disgusting but of course i understand full that they have to double check the money that they are receiving. What made me really pissed off was the thing that i have to line up for almost four hours to pay but there are “people” who doesn't have “respect”. The “singit” thing is the issue here. I just don't understand why people do this. They don't have the patience to wait? If you're going to ask me, i have waited three hours and thirty minutes standing to pay but why is it that they can not do the right thing. The right thing here is to have a little respect.

It is impossible that each one of us can not have a little respect. It comes from within. Every little thing matters. In my case which is the “singit2x” thing, if others would just line up and think of others who is lining up before them, there wouldn't have any problem at all. People are just making things complicated and they are making things run slowly. If this case happens all the time, the result is obvious already. The problem also is that there are people who doesn't have conscience and these people are selfish and self-centered. They are only thinking of themselves.

How can one country, nation, city progress if respect is not there? Big things come from small ones. This is a wonderful thing to ponder. Each one of us must learn to respect one another to be able to create change- a positive change. I do believe that all of us can do this. Law of attraction. Think positive. Everything comes from within. If one respects others, he or she will definitely gain the respect of others. Simple yet confusing. But that is the challenge for all of us.

Do the right thing.