We humans are good at burning bridges. It's easy. It's addictive. Pride and arrogance can easily consume us like drugs. When our friends hurt us, we tend to push them away and we always have that desire to escape the relationship. Worst, burning bridges is easy as 1-2-3.
I have burned a lot of bridges myself. I escaped some relationships which are actually the good sorts. I became a selfish, self-righteous, envious monster. Sad, but true. We can all relate to this (I hope I am not alone, haha).
On the other hand, building those burnt bridges again is never easy. It takes a lot of courage and humility to apologize, to say 'hello' and to offer a hand. No matter how hard it could be, let us build them anyway. Relationship matters. Love matters.
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Filipinos love for the underdogs.
We all heard of the "Amalayer" incident--the furious girl talking and shouting at a lady guard on duty. Filipinos reacted and they were really affected on the issue. It was a trending topic in twitter, facebook and youtube. A crowd of netizens became "haters" of the girl and they have posted harsh words against her and her manners.
After a while, another group of netizens came to the rescue and told them to stop cyber bullying the girl. They told the other group not to judge the actions of the girl because we haven't really seen the whole picture or the story behind it.
One thing I admire about Filipinos is their love for underdogs. Aside from the telenovela culture in which we all love the "bida" and hate the "kontrabida", its innate in us to make "pagtanggol the inaapi". In this case, both the lady guard and the furious girl are standing on the same ground.
Whether you are part of the first crowd or part of the second, a Filipino will never stop caring for others. And that's part of being human. :)
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