Revolution Now! Is Rizalito David Calling For A Revolution Today? So Am I – A Revolution Of The Small.
(David/Leni image from ph.news.yahoo.com)
He ran for Vice President in the last elections under the
Democratic Party of the Philippines, with Jose
Montemayor as President – eventually, he endorsed Leni Robredo for President, and his
rival Tito Sotto for VP! (I voted
for Leni.) It looks to me like Mr David is unsure of his politics – today, is
he sure of his polemics?
Excerpts from his Facebook shout (my translation):
Restore Filipino Values Now!
Lack of morality in
society and lack of trust by citizens in the government are the two most
important problems and issues that should be paid attention to by those who are
in government…
We now need people who
have the capacity to discern what is right and wrong… We need leaders to return
the faith, hope, love and concern for life in each citizen and return the
teachings of Christ in everything that we do.
We need to forge and zealously
pursue a revolution – a Revolution of Faith and Movement for Renewal of
Philippine Society.
My
selection is 100 words; in his Facebook shout of 220 words, Mr David is neither
telling nor asking us: “Where do we begin the Revolution of Faith and Movement
for Renewal?”
My answer
to my own question is: “We begin Small, but with Big Love.”
From her autobiography The
Story Of A Soul, St Therese
is quoted by Elizabeth Tomasek (“01
Oct 2019, Therese Of Lisieux, Saint Of The Little Way,’” McGrath Institute For Church Life, mcgrathblog.nd.edu):
I can prove my love
only by scattering flowers, that is to say, by never letting slip a single little
sacrifice, a single glance, a single word; by making profit of the very
smallest actions, by doing them for love.
“By
doing them for love.” Mr Rizalito David, Sir! To wage a new PH Revolution, whatever
you are thinking, whatever words come out of your mouth, whatever works come out
with your hands, they must be borne out of love.
I myself have been calling for a new agriculture revolution
since 2015 – today contained in the name of this modern movement – “Regenerative
Agriculture (RA).”
Mr David, we are both UP Los Baños alumni, so you know this:
“Healthy foods come from healthy farms.” I am referring to the growing of crops
and livestock with organic mulch, zero chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Promise!
To help
bring out that Big Promise, speaking from experience, my small contribution is
to redesign the rotavator so that it automatically creates an organic
mulch all over the field even as it cultivates that field. That will translate
to zero fertilizer cost for the farmer
– and transport him from poverty to prosperity!
I
need a little financing – Any givers?@517
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