Time to Remember: Independence Day 2019

          It is a significant day celebrated by many of us but mourned by some. The independence of our country, the freedom we have met thanks to the people who were brave enough to stand and fight those who imprisoned us in our country for more than 300 years. They are claimed as the bravest, patriotic, and the most heroic of all heroes. They embraced whatever fate befell them in the name of their love for this country. But do we really appreciate this freedom led by these heroes who were only soldiers filled with love?

          It was the day the heroes are needed to be praised but we never see what their effort to achieve the freedom we have now. They shed their own lives and risk everything they have just to ignite nationalism in the heart of our forefathers. Their effort goes in vain because we their children has long been savoring the price of their blood.

          Seeing at this moment generation by generation things have changed. Human beings kills themselves thinking the freedom they long for cannot be given to them. But did ever thing of positive side that we are more free that in the past. We never really considered the past but we only think of our own self. They were thinking about us when they suffered. They were the people who sacrificed their own life just for us future children.

          Still the influence of those who imprisoned us still runs in our blood. The way we act in their tradition remains, the way we think, the way we dress and the we carry out our lives. But still the way we depend from other countries remained. We remain to be a toys to be played, we remain to be oppressed and we remain colonized by our own thoughts. That why we tend to be the foe of our own selves.

          And just I realized that they were never happy. They never get to love who they want to love. And never return to their family. They were being clutched by us Filipinos who wants someone to save them. But they were relieved that they got to serve and give us freedom. They were selfless and risked everything they have.  But we just have to remember, whatever it takes. We are still the Filipinos who fight for our own freedom, who always think what’s right for the country. Thank the ones who paved the way for us. There is still a time to remember, it's not too late.

sources ; https://www.1898miniaturas.com/en/article/history-filipino-revolt/