LEADING BY EXAMPLE AND THROUGH SACRIFICE

LEADING BY EXAMPLE AND THROUGH SACRIFICE

I voted and campaigned, vigorously, for President Noynoy Aquino...aside from believing in what he stood for...the other front runners were a Senator / Businessman with shady or questionable deals and a disgraced former president who may go down in history as the shortest serving president and the first, and so far, only one, convicted of a crime,...with these 2 against him....you just had to vote for PNoy.

Then I hear his words and I see him in action and I said okay....he deserves my, and even our support.....so that his programs will push through.

Then as time passed by...I hear him giving this frequent speech about how our country's progress will also depend on us...and that we will have to work together for it....I agree...totally...but...but

I expect my president to lead not just by words, speeches and orders…but more so by example, and by sacrifice.

When the president of a poor country tells his countrymen to be frugal and not to spend money unwisely....he must show them how it's done.....but then he buys a Porsche and his only excuse is that it is his own money....how is that leading by example?

When the president enacted a new sin tax law, which I agree with...but then he continues to smoke and say it releases his stress...as being president is a stressful job....then 2 things....(1) he campaigned for this position, he wanted to be president, knowing pretty well how stressful the job would be...(2) no medical journal or books will tell anyone that smoking causes anything but harm....no stress-releasing factors whatsoever.

When in the spite of killings caused by random shootings...the president keeps his silence...and then joins a shooting tournament....just because it is his sport and hobby...how is this leading by sacrificing?

I remember the president and his staff fighting vigorously for the new sin tax law leading to the resignation of Senator Recto.

I remember the president giving strict marching orders to the congressmen to vote for the RH Bill.

I don't remember him saying anything direct or doing anything concrete concerning the recent shooting and how to prevent it from happening again in the future.

I am not a fan of guns...but I respect that some people love guns either for sport or for protection...although it is not entrenched in our constitution that we have the right to bear arms...let these people have their guns...but keep it at home....it should be another matter if they take it outside…The president has to make a law and a serious one at that….that will make strict gun-control a useful reality.

Does PNoy have the right to ask us to sacrifice…yes….but we have more right to ask that from him…because, after all he courted our votes and asked to be our leader…

then again…..be a leader…through example and through sacrifice.

God bless our President!
God bless our country!
God bless all of us!