Seeking our origins

Suffrage (from the Latin suffragium, meaning "vote") is the civil right to vote, or the exercise of that right. [taken from http://www.wikipedia.org]

More than six hours have passed since the we have chosen the people who would lead the country in the next 3 years. We have chosen whether or not to exemplify our right to suffrage, the only thing left for us to do is wait and hope that we have chosen the right people.

Sometimes we tell a person to give us another chance to undo something which we have done. They may choose to comply with our request but most likely they won't. A teacher of mine once told us, "Sa totoong mundo, hindi kayo binibigyan ng isa pang pagkakataon. Maswerte ka kung may taong mabait na bibigyan ka pa ng isa pang pagkakataon. Kaya sa bawat bagay na gagawin mo, ibigay mo na ang lahat dahil hindi ka nakasisigurong may susunod pa." [In the real world, nobody gives you a second chance. You are lucky enough if you get to correct everything you've done. That is why you should everything you've got in everthing you've got, for you can never know it you will be given another chance."] He mentioned this during a rehearsal before our choir's concert. At first I didn't really take it that seriously; for one, it's too cliché, and second he was getting too annoying. Later on I realized that he was right and his point was the same as we live only one life; it's our choice if we wish to live it right or not. A choice which may lead to a better life or a choice which may lead to our road's end.

We have thrice made a mistake, and thrice we have succeeded in giving ourselves three second chances. It may seem too insensitive for me to say that we have not learned our lesson but it's the truth. We may be lucky, so lucky that fate has chosen to give us 6 chances to change our country; but for how long, nobody knows. We can only hope that our country won't crumble the next time we ask for another "second" chance.

We have finished making these choices when we dropped the ballots in our respective precincts. The results of our decisions, however, remains to be seen.