By:

REY A. ALMOGUERRA

Admin Aide IV, MNCHS

In this time and age of people, we have hoped a little. Dream quite small. And never really mind about tomorrow. We simply easily get tired and just pray for come what may.

The main reason we fail sometimes when we come of old age is because we don’t have a goal. We really have not set a milestone for each decade. Experts define goal setting as the act of selecting a target or objective you wish to achieve.

According to James Clear, we set goals for our careers, our health, and our lives in general. If each one of us doesn’t have any goals, what do you think we’ll end up to?

We, most especially We Filipinos, have cultivated these traits that suggest to our damage and ultimately– our end. And when we talk or discuss these, essentially, it’s like a part of our culture. But, I guess, these can still be repaired.

Now, one of these attitudes we have grown into is “Bahala na si Batman”. The phrase is notorious since time immemorial and people couldn’t help it. In every situation, they have or are in, it’s like a prayer in the midst of nothingness that amusingly, they always thought would work. No sense of direction. Just a total blabber of words when you don’t really see the bigger picture or that we are blinded by a belief that everything happens for a reason if one fails.

Then comes “God willing”. No offense to the religious ones but isn’t it too complacent when you think the “God” can magically make your everything happily-ever-after? There’s more to devotion and praying earnestly. It is most of the time all about hard work and dedication. Well, the Bible help as it teaches us patience and trust in timing. Yet, if we sum it up, it boils down to– manual work. Sounds right? Though it is shameful to deny that holy guidance can really create a way to success. In Him, nothing is impossible.

Sometimes, in a very recent happening, we came across the line — “Sana All”. If you’re a Facebook user, you’ll definitely laugh about it because you almost see it in every comment in the entire universe of Meta. It outrageously connotes to almost anything! Like, if you are posting about your picture on a beach or a new bag, you can see all the comments which have evolved to “Sanaoil”. It’s pretty funny though. Hey! If you have the right mind and the right attitude, you can get anything.

It is important that we set our goals starting with our career goal. That to whatever we want to achieve in five to ten years. At least we have to continuously think of how we can improve our skills and add experience to our work simply because I highly believe that there’s more than the back office job or a the eigh-to-five hours’ work. There are internal offers to study in order to achieve promotions and you just got to grab them. It right, to just stay stagnant. Get that dream you dream! Run for it! Do what you get us to do!