Sentidokomon

By Bea Joy Miranda Tabuga

What drives you?

In 19th century, if the Philippine national hero, Dr. Jose P. Rizal, along with all the other heroes we had, would be asked about what drives his life, I bet he might say, “the thirst for independence”. Today, for ABS-CBN or GMA for instance, both leading Filipino radio and television channels, it’s “the will of serving the Filipinos through media.” That drives them. In schools, it’s “the hunger for education”, which somehow inspires their vision-mission-goal. For fathers, it would be “their starving children”, and for mothers, generally, it would be “their children’s father”.

But you? What drives you? What drives your life?

If Pepe Rizal and all the other heroes in the 19th century fought the colonizers for their thirst for independence, and if media companies are driven by the will to serve the people in order to continuously create competitive shows and conduct public services, how about you? Schools are driven with the hunger for education and they even compete with each other to stand out among all the others in providing the best quality education. Fathers, as a stereotype, go to work and earn money as much as they can to feed their starving children. And the mothers? They simply do what’s the best for their children, and first and foremost, the best for their children’s father, that in the end line they unconsciously forget their own selves.

How about you? What do you do? What drives you to do it?

In the universally known book of Rick Warren entitled the “Purpose-Driven Life”, it religiously states that our life “must be” (if not “is”) driven by a purpose. If all Rick Warren’s explanations, arguements and Bible-and-prophecy-proven statements convinced you that your life is driven by a purpose, then what would now be your purpose?

If you can’t answer that question right away, you might be able to answer this one: Why did you read this article even if I said do not read this in the first place? What drives you? Curiosity? Sounds intriguing? Sounds interesting? What then can be the purpose of reading this intriguing and interesting “what drives you?” article? Find out the answer.

If you can’t find any, stick to this: “What you think is what you say. What you say is what you do. What you do is what you are. What you are is the one that drives you.”

Dahil in-born o natural sa’yo ang pagiging chismosa o usisera, kahit na sabihin ko pang “Beware of Dogs” o “Danger! Falling debris” o “Stop! The light is red” o “Bawal umihi dito, ang umihi dito, aso!” o “Parental Guidance” o kahit anu-ano pang mga signs para patnubayan ang mga tao kalakip ang “By Mgt”, sa unahan ng article na ito para lang hindi mo ito basahin, babasahin mo pa rin ito. Ang pagiging chismosa mo ang nagda-drive sa’yo! Eh ano sakali ang purpose ng pagiging chismosa mo? Para makakuha ng kaalaman? Para malaman ang latest at updates? Swerte mo kung tulad sa artikulong ito ang mababasa mo. Eh paano kung hindi?

Tigilan mo na ‘tong basahin. Lumalala lang ang pagiging chismosa mo, na wala namang maidudulot na mabuti sa iyo.

Makes sense?

-Beiah-