NINO L.

ANUNCIADO

BSCRIM 1

Ostensibly, the Juan Tamad story regularly advised represents his most extreme lethargy to the
mark of idiocy that it becomes comedic. In it, Juan Tamad happens upon a guava tree bearing
ready natural product. Being too lethargic to even think about climbing the tree and take the
natural products, he rather chooses to lie underneath the tree and let gravity tackle its job. There
he stayed, trusting that the organic product will fall into his vast mouth.

Possibly Juan Tamad isn't actually apathetic by any means. Maybe he simply stops and rests for
some time following a monotonous day's worth of effort under the tiring warmth of the sun.
Possibly the guava tree is the closest to him and discovers its shade a decent spot to unwind. He
feels tired and to rest isn't a prerequisite yet something characteristic to do. He realizes when to
stop after an excess of work. Maybe this is the worth Filipinos have failed to remember from the
beginning, when in berserk assignments in our every day occupations and schedules, our bodies
and brains get worn out yet we don't invest energy to rest. Juan, something other than a sluggish
picture, can be a picture of , soothing quality or a break for the spirit.

Or on the other hand perhaps Juan has shrewdly and quietly figured out how to stand by. Very
still or not, he realizes that the guava, similar to each and every other organic product, falls
normally. It goes to a moment that the organic product's stem isolates from the part of the tree,
and gravity is without a doubt a power that makes the natural product fall. A companion implied
another thought that likewise entered my thoughts: that Juan is sufficiently shrewd to notice the
course of nature, similar to what Isaac Newton did that caused him to find the law of gravity.
Juan may not be a physicist, however he gets life and nature. To sit or rests, to notice and to
stand by all appear lethargy to us, yet Juan reminds us in any case – there is abundance of
shrewdness found at such time.

In the surface he seems languid, yet we can't perceive what is underneath where his wisdom and
getting lies. In a place where there is normal bounty, Juan, who frequently exemplifies a Filipino
laborer in the open country, works his direction in the field, and trusts that the Earth he has
plowed is adequately rich to bring innumerable gifts, without compelling it to create or to
develop anything he needs. He should simply to stand by, be patient, and distinctly notice. Like
the frequently cited Zen saying, "Spring comes and the grass develops without anyone else",
Juan knows this fact – he does lastly sits idle. He gets back to his calm being, sitting underneath
the guava tree and likes the second in tranquility and amicability with all there is.