Pinoy Yan Movement: An Open Invitation to Regain the Greatness of the Brown Race - Filipino people - in ten years and onwards
To all Filipino who believes that we can be a better country again;
During the end of the year, part of the activities I have done is to look at how we can be of better use as an individual Filipino citizen in our generation and to make an impact for the next generation to come. In my personal devotional time, I got the impression that the key to making this country a great nation again in the coming days. From what we have done during the 60's as some other countries have admired the Philippines for being a model, as described by Aseanfocus.com, stated as "By the 60's the Philippines was the most successful manufacturing country in Southeast Asia and appeared to be the most prosperous."- lifted from "A Short History of Southeast Asia: Philippines"
We were no. 2 then, second only to Japan based on most of the observers in Asia. But now we are no. two to the lowest or one of the countries with the lowest level of socio-economic development in Asia. We are left behind by South Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, to name some.
As a people, we need to organized a unified effort to make our "bad image" with the name "Pinoy Kase," which connotes a negative image for us Filipinos or "Pinoy," as it relates to the bad "crab mentality" attitude.
An example of this bad image include doing illegal things abroad, doing short cuts in doing business to attain success, and the "crab mentality" attitude, I have earlier mentioned.
Crab mentality describes a way of thinking best described by the phrase...."if i can't have it, neither can you." It is a metaphor referring to a pot of crabs in which one of them tries to escape and instead is pulled down by the rest of them (http://wiki.answers.com).
Sabi ng Answers.com ang "crab mentality" ay nagsimula ayon sa kasaysayan noong panahon pa ng Kastila. Isa itong kaugalian namana pa ng mga Filipino sa Kastila. Ito ay isang kaugalian na hindi kaaya-aya dahil isa itong pangit na kaugalian ng ilang mga Filipino. Kabilang sa nakalakip na masamang paguugali sa "crab mentality" or "utak alimangu" ay ang paninirang puri, pag-gawa ng kwento sa kapwa, at inggit sa mga nakakaangat na kababayan.
The Answers.com gave this example:
"Ang crab o alimangu pag nilangay mo sa timba ay nag uunahan makapunta sa bunganga ng timba, ngunit sa pag punta nga ilan sa malapit na sa bunganga nito ay hinahatak naman ng ibang alimangu ang ilan para hindi makalabas sa timba. Maihalintulad nito ang tao, pag may nakakaangat na sa buhay, ang ilan ay panag-iisipan ng masama."
We need to remove this bad attitude and start replacing it with a good attitude which basically will support our country to become a great country again in this time of the 21st century, not only for this generation, but for the succeeding generation of the Brown Race.
As I have put it during my year-end contemplation with this prayer and wishes for each one for 2012:
"Blessed be the New Year 2012 for each one. May this serve as a new beginning of more intense journey of all Filipinos for making the Philippines, a great country again. We move forward so that "Pinoy Kase" becomes "Pinoy Yan" in the next 10 years. Hurrah! God is good all the time! Purihin sya lagi!" - December 30, 2011
The "Pinoy Kase!" bad image includes the "crab mentality" as something part of the culture which we need to transform into a positive one. We can transform this crab mentality attitude into a positive attitude by believing that as Filipino we can unitedly contribute positively in the national and local development of the Philippines. This could start from performing our duties and responsibilities in our individual family, to the performance of our individual duties and responsibilities in our work and vocation in life. This could serve as our individual reason and motivation to become a better person God wants us to be, for ourselves, for our family, for our people and for our country, in the process.
Furthermore, I am sharing with you this important open invitation, as a demonstration of promoting Pinoy Yan Movement. It is a movement and a challenge to all Filipinos to collectively contribute in developing a new good image of Filipinos, the Pinoy Yan attitude here in the Philippines and abroad. In my initial promotional sharing time message, I stated that,
"We can teach ourselves to be happy! The future begins with whatever is in our hands today! Jesus taught us that giving was one of the ways to multiply what He has given each one, so that he can fulfill His plan in our lives. May the Lord Jesus Christ inspire us to do better in 2012 and onwards for our individual family, for all Filipinos, for the Phiilippines and for the glory of His name. God is good all the time!" - Pinoy Yan Sharing Time No. 1, January 7, 2012
My advocacy for every Filipino, rich or poor, young or old, male or female, student, professional, housewife or farmer or whatever vocation you are in or you have inclination is to do our own individual business by giving our best contribution based on the talents, skills, and gifts which was given to us by God, to demonstrate excellence and to promote best practices in whatever areas of influence we are in as Filipinos.
Sabi nga, "Trabaho lang walang personalan" should be our motto, a demonstration that we are doing our own business well as a renewed Filipino citizen during this time and for our country's future in the succeeding generation.
We say, "let live and let others live as human beings created by God." If we have done this individually, the blessing of our Great King and Creator will be poured out from heaven, because we have demonstrated the giving of ourselves for others to live - our fellow Filipinos. You will be blessed, I will be blessed, all Filipinos will be blessed because the curse which I call and we all call as the "crab mentality" among us have been removed as part of our culture.
If we will not eliminate the culture of "crab mentality" among ourselves and among our people, it will be a forever curse, and part of our cultural liabilities, as Filipinos or as a people.
I personally aim to organize a campaign that "crab mentality" be removed as one of the bad attitudes that hampered us to attain a higher level of socio-economic growth and development, as a country.
Yes, we can rise again as a great people and great country in Asia! We can rise again with a renewed strength, new hope, new commitment and new life changed by the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, for the whole world, for the national economy, for the socio-economic development, for each one my brothers and sisters, for the better life ahead in the next 10 years and onwards. Yes, we can say eye-to-eye to each one, and to our Great Creator, that we have done our part and the best that we can, in our time!
May the Lord Jesus Christ be our guide along the way in promoting the Pinoy Yan attitude, a positive attitude of developing a God-given confidence that He has provided us as a gift, a blessing and part of His grace and mercy in the Brown Race.
Yes, we can do better and we can be a great people, a great country, capable of competing in any areas of expertise, with the rest of the world's different nationalities. These include further improving a sustained socio-economic growth and development in the Philippines in 2012 and in the coming years.
Your individual contribution will matter a lot, I believed, brothers and sisters, mga Kapuso, mga Kapamilya!
Salamat so inyong lahat, mga kapwa ko Filipino! "Kapwa ko, Mahal ko" as one TV program says.
Finally, I will leave this new dream which I have conceptualized when I visited Singapore in February of 2011 and will give you statement of pledge for the Philippines for the Pinoy Yan Movement which says: Statement of Pledge for the Philippines of "Pinoy Yan Movement"
"We, the citizens of the Philippines and inhabitants of this country, pledge ourselves as one united people, regardless of language and local dialect, provincial, regional and racial differences, political affiliation, and religion; to build a democratic, God-fearing, peace-loving, collaborative and interdependent society based on justice, equality, good governance, nationalism, discipline, participation, prayer, faith and sacrifice, so we can contribute for the advancement of our country's societal challenges, needs and concerns at the right time, right place and with the right purpose; and to aim to become “Champion” in the individual God-given calling that we are in, so as to achieve happiness, prosperity and progress for our nation." February 2011 -
I strongly believe that we can all contribute in this Statement of Pledge if we will only make it a commitment among ourselves for the Brown Race - Filipino people - in the next 10 years and onwards.
For your comments, please email me at digitalpinoy2038@gmail.com. God is good all the time!
Sincerely,
Elmer R. Esplana
Convenor, Pinoy Yan Movement
