Unerring Filipino character/value is still inevitable and evident in today’s world.

It is
exhilarating to perceive how Filipino are passionate about themselves, their family members,
friends, and more. Every particular character/value that Filipino had, utmost contributes to
the commonalities inside the society and, most significantly, our identification as a Filipino.
And then the perverse aspect shows undeniably some continual fading of Filipino practices,
and some are losing their essence, being manipulated and sway through diverse colonization
of countries. Yet, I feel grateful because I still feel some Filipino practices (character/values)
inside the social groups where I belong.

A Diligent Act that I Always Want to Act. I always feel my parents and all of my
brothers show a firing spirit in our family. I even perceive it in myself, where I always strive
and persevere for those things I want and need in life. I am just grateful for seeing this
character inside my home, and I guess it comes and inherits from my parents. I persist in
feeling the stillness of being motivated as a person, as what I foresee in my environment. Yet,
even though I have this group of friends where most are indisposed and sick of striving for
things, I still try my best to fulfill and be a hardworking man for myself. Though sometimes,
when I overwork for things, it becomes bad to my overall health. I always do management of
my time to avoid this particular thinking and feeling because it just results adversity on me.

An Authentic and Trust Act. I felt grateful to have and experience this particular
Filipino value now; why? In every social group I link on; my family, friends, classmates,
teachers, etc., I always feel genuineness. It is true when you are about to show your truest
self, and they were about to show theirs. It feels so warm inside, and you feel comfortable
when those people surround you are authentic. Even to the point that some of my friends are
about to ask me, they put their foot in my shoe for them to understand me clearly, and vice
versa. But behold, I encounter some people where they are not transparent—genuine in
front, stabbing at your back— and these is some toxic traits I should avoid always.
 A debt act, I always stood to act. A Debt of Gratitude is something vague to apprehend
clearly in our country. Some Filipinos are still believing that utang na loob is something to pay
until their death. Yet, in the Filipino context, a debt of gratitude or utang na loob is something
we should say or act on after receiving/getting/accumulate something. I always did this to my
family and friends, where I always say the word “thank you” when they were about to give,
help, or taught me something. And the debt of gratitude their end, but I am that person when
I feel indebted to a particular person, I show my compassion and willingly give my hands when
they needed me. Unfortunately, I feel bad sometimes to myself, when I help people, I seek or
expect something in return. To avoid that, I always put in mind that the glass water I have is
not the glass of water they have. Adjoins to that, I also show excessive help, where it resulted
insufficient for myself when I need or want something. I am thankful for this particular
character because this vein (act) is still flowing in our blood as one of Filipino identity.

To wrap this, I concur that in today’s time there are still remaining of Filipino
character/values in our vein. Some are maintaining and influencing others for the betterment
of the society, and some are still escalating the adverse and toxic value we had. I desire to be
a person where I will be the one to inspirit Filipino about the positive and proffering values
and characteristic of the Filipino. And all I wish is to retain the virtuous, and let go those
obnoxious practices.

Name: Ricardo B. Molina, Jr.

Course/Section/Year: BSPSY 1-2