A VERY HARSH SAYING

A VERY HARSH SAYING….

There’s a saying that goes like this…..

”You can get a person out of Tondo, but you cannot get Tondo out of that person.” 

It is a very hurtful saying, but one that is unfortunately, sometimes true. 

What is most unfair about the saying is that it puts everyone in Tondo in a very bad light, and this is very unfair…

So let us correct the saying….

”You can get a person out of the gutter, but sometimes, the stench of the gutter stays with the person.”  

 This is much harsher, but again, sometimes more true and more accurate….

So what do we do….

Whatever the circumstances of our origins are….

if we are blessed to be able to succeed in our endeavors through hard work, through perseverance and through God’s help…..

try and be worthy of God’s grace…leave the bitterness, leave the arrogance….

be an improvement of your old self, not in material things.....but in the facets that really count...

be more respectful....be more humble....be more generous....be more prayerful....and...

always be thankful! 

Remember…wherever you may be now or, at least believe you may be now….you are a mere product of God’s grace…and what God has given, He can easily take back!   

So to all of us who have been blessed...let us endeavor not be a curse, but  to be a blessing to everyone we meet!