GANAO, FRANCINE SAYRA S.

SAINT MATTHEW

Activity 2 part 2-REFLECTION

Write your brief description of your experiences by answering the following questions.
1. The most important thing I’ve learned personally is that life isn’t easy. We stumble, fall,
get burnt by our own actions or by other people. Every day, there’s always a new chapter
wherein there’s no way we won’t be able to feel lonely or where problems will always
pile up, but then, despite that, there are always happy chapters wherein you can’t help but
just go on with the flow and forget about the pain that the previous chapters caused you
and that’s what makes life worth it. We fall and learn at the same time and come out to be
a better version of ourselves despite the unfairness of the world that gives us because the
truth is the world isn’t fair, especially for those who are not given the privilege to be
happy as well as get whatever they want. That’s why the most important thing for us to
learn is to be ambitious but also learn to be content. After all, even though my life isn’t
perfect, I can still get the things that other people couldn’t. I’m still privileged enough
that I’m able to have shelter, food to eat, as well as be happy.
2. There are a lot of situations and problems in our country that we should pay attention to,
and I admit that as people who are supposed to take responsibility for what’s happening
in the world, we always fail to do that and maybe because there’s a part of us that’s
selfish and only take care of ourselves. Sometimes, it feels kind of alarming that I am
living a comfortable life while there are people who are suffering out there, and this
activity just made those feelings grow even more. Pity as well as disappointment for
myself and those who are responsible for such things. There are a lot of people who
suffer not just because of poverty but also because of the losses they got when the
pandemic started. The amount of pain I am feeling because of those who are suffering is
to the core that there are a lot of problems that we should pay attention to, but in the end,
we end up just taking care of ourselves and not able to take care of the world we live in as
well as the people.
3. The difficulties I encountered is that it’s hard to find the right words to say and make it
into clean and organized work especially when there are a lot of ideas and opinions
crashing inside my head, but unable to put them all in a nice and organized work because
I’ll think that it might be too much. Personally, the questions aren’t that hard, but finding
the right words to put together is, especially when your head is tangled up with a lot of
information that you want to add but not end up adding.

References:
Carnaje, Gideon. Applied Economics, 1253 G. Araneta Avenue, Quezon City,
Philippines: Vibal Group, Inc., 2016
Tullao, Tereso Jr. Applied Economics for a Progressive Philippines, Quezon City,
Philippines: Phoenix Publishing House, Inc., 2016