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We are free men, these are our unalienable rights as human beings, as Filipinos. Even before the constitution, this was true and it will continue to be so even after I die — after we all die. We are our own stewards of freedom, and as Filipinos we are the rightful owners of this land we call The Philippines. Let not one person deny our freedom, let not one group deny our voice, let not one government deny us our rights — we are the government…

You may see injustice, but where there is injustice, there is a choice — for you to help, for you to take action, and for you to reach out. Injustice is the boy who has to beg for food in the sidewalks of Manila, injustice is the man who is shot in the streets of Cebu, injustice is the mother who cries for her son who is dead, injustice is this nation who has lost her own sons.

Sons of peace, may you rest. My dear brother Ninoy, may you rest. My dear brother Jose, may you rest. I will take on your cross, I will take on your mission, because we are brothers, and you are my strength.

But our Philippines is still here. We are but travelers and we pass on by. This Pearl of the Orient will still be. And the gifts of our culture is what unites us. I see no division, do you? Are we not human beings first, before we are rich or poor? Are we not Filipinos first, before we are politicians? Are we not fathers, mothers, sons and daughters… are we not family first, before we are strangers?

I know you, because I feel your pain. Your pain of nothingness, the pain of emptiness, the pain of loss, the pain of poverty, the pain of injustice.. This is my pain too.

I will help the only way I know how, and this is to write for those who cannot, this is to speak for those who cannot… I blog for peace and I blog for love. I blog amidst the chaos that is overpowering.

But may the light of justice… forever shine.. Because I am Filipino, I blog for our nation and I blog for you.

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