In this age of pandemic, where everyone seems in a hurry, but are limited by the changes happening around, we are charged by three things in mind – to think positively, to speak wisdom-filled, and to act pacified. However, as we go through life’s changes and has made a great deal of adaptation from the normal to the new normal mode, we may ask ourselves what are all these supposed to mean in our generation, and possibly on the next generations to come?

We have in the news in the South East Asia having around 60,000 cases – the highest after Indonesia, another archipelagic country. But what are we going to do with these numbers? The Department of Education has made all their efforts together with all the agencies concerned and yet there are still victims of the disease! Where is the problem coming? Some says that the problem come from the peoples’ discipline, others were rallying saying the DOH Secretary is not an effective leader; and still others wanted to oust the president. At this age when everyone may be a victim, shallow ideologies must be eradicated. Thus, a single-minded opportunity to bring the virus down must be ahead of our mindset - that is, thinking “we” and not “I”. The same acclamation is true with the people who are “leadering” the people.

As a government employee, there are things I am concerned about: what can I do to share a little of what I can do to my country?

That is what the famous Lincoln asked before around two hundred years ago when America is shattered by division between the colored and non-colored people. Today the same question is really giving a verb into our slumbering minds - what can we do to our country in this time of broken days?

I, for one, had been into some capacity-building programs to get ready myself in the opening of the class. As a nurse and a government employee, I have to bring myself tact and firm to the challenges ahead of us. There is only one hope, and the best way to work on our indifferences is to accept “we” rather than isolating ourselves.