Muling umigting ang dugong aktibista. Nabasa ko ang post ng Diliman Republic sa Facebook tungkol kay Lean Alejandro. Apat na taon pa lang ako nang mabaril sya sa headquarters ng BAYAN nung Sept. 19, 1987. Mas napalawig ang pagkakakilala ko sa kanya ng mag-aral ako sa University of the Philippines sa Baguio. Isa syang huwaran ng tunay na lider na ipaglalaban ang demokrasya at katarungan.
I remember Mike, talking in front of 100 people, a couple of years ago, started off his seminar by holding up a Php200 bill. In the room he asked. "Who would like this Php200 bill?" Hands started going up. Of course, I raised mine. He said, "I am going to give this Php200 bill to one of you" Then crumpled the 200 bill. I was surprised he did that. He then asked. "Who still wants it?" Still the hands were up in the air and again, I raised mine. "Well," he replied, "what if I do this?" He dropped it on the ground and started to grind it into the floor with his black shoe. He picked it up, now crumpled and dirty. "Now, who still wants it?" Still the hands went into the air and still, I wanted to get the Php200 bill. "Folks, you have all learned a very valuable lesson. No matter what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not decrease it's value. It was still worth Php200. Many times in our lives, we ...
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