"What good does a man will have if he gains the whole world but if he looses his soul."

We can only find our purpose through God. We may have different belief system but I believe that we only have one Creator.

We maybe able to see the whole world; Be with almost all the 'known' person in this world; get our names published in almost all existing publications; inspired every youth and be known by the many but if our heart is still filled with anger then we will not go far.

Anger will cause us to feel insecure of other people. It will make us strike the person first before that person strike us. This is the obstacle faced by our country now. We have so many great leaders but more than half of them are filled with anger. They destroy one another specially during election time. Instead of building each other, instead of focusing on the vision most of them always look at personality. People are disempowered because there are so many self-proclaimed leaders who would like to be in control of everything. I believe that leaders can be in harmony with other leaders, as long as no one will boss anyone. As long as no one will control anyone. It is better for people to follow a Vision instead of the person. The person will die but the Vision will live after the person.

A lot of us create forums, inorder to create Awareness. I believe that almost all of the youth are already aware of the problems. Almost every youth are already aware of the solution. But the question is what have we done so far.

If at the end when someone ask us, 'What have you done?" DO we tell that person that we were able to organize such and such forum? That our names were published in this and that paper? That we are able to go to these and those places? I refuse to tell people that this is what I have done. WHy? Because I am not able to make a difference thru such. How many forums, how many papers have been created but we still see our country in turmoil. It is not the TALK that will help the country, ACTION will.

What we say to other people, reflects who we really are. When I was younger I always pray for discernment. I always pray for enlightenment. Recently, I met Ms. Becky Ortega, in the Karangalan Festival,she is the National Deputy Coordinator of Brahma Kumaris, Worldwide SPiritual University, supported by UNICEF, here in the Philippines.
I told her of my dilemma. I asked her what makes up a good leader. She said that it is purity of intention. That that
leader should be filled with LOVE and not LUST. That that person should have PEACE in his heart and not ANGER, FEAR or ENVY. What if that person appears so happy? Appearance maybe deceiving at times. One must look at the spiritual being instead of the material being. The smile on one's face maybe a mask that hides one's sorrow, one's fear or one's anger.

After talking with Maan Bety, I felt that I was enlightened. I know now that Purity means 100% pureness. If you sense at lease 1% of impurity in a person then that person is impure. WHy then should one follow an impure leader? Why would someone follow someone who badmouths other people when they are not with you? I believe that there is hope... there is goodness in every person. I believe that it is possible for people to remember that more than their being a material being, more than the possessions, more than the names, more than the awards, more than the certificates, more than a long resume, what matters more is the spiritual being. For in the end, we will be judge not on the number of activities that we participated in, but rather by who we really are. He will not look on our records, but he will see on what have been not recorded.

On February 24, 1-5pm, UP Economics Auditorium, we will have an "Inter Faith Youth Congress" where different religious organizations will convene and promote their faith and their idea on how thru such they would be able to foster understanding. Let us remember who we really. Let us remember that all of us are God's creation. We are all children of God regardless of the color of our skin. Instead of criticisms, we ought to build one another. I believe that this is the only way for us to move forward.
With the right attitude we can indeed make a difference!