Cha...Cha...Cha

I think this is the usual talk of the town not so long ago…Cha-cha. However, I am not a really fanatic either for the government or anti-government. And I decide not to dwell not so much of the issue. Its not that I don’t care, its just that I think, before we think of doing this Cha-cha thing, we opt to think about another Cha-cha (that which is the topic of this blogpost)…Character Change.

First of all, I am someone who thinks that foundations are vital to everything that is founded on them. Without them, how could something stand strong? For example, an educational system with no strong foundation, may it be philosophical, visional/ mission, or structural; is sure to be down the drain. Also, a company with no strong foundation, may it be competent managers or strong workforce, would surely be hurling itself in failure.

Now, back to our topic. Character Change.

Why Character Change?

Simple.

How could people strive and hope for a good government if they themselves are rotten, sometimes to the core?

The system has nothing to do with the failures and inadequacies given to the people; it’s the people running the system that restricts the full capacity of it. In an analogy, its like: “Its not guns that people, it’s the people who kill people with it.”

I have to admit, I think people are not absolutely evil. And vice-versa. They are not also absolutely good. However, they are torn between good and evil, as well as right and wrong; all throughout their temporal existence. And in between life and death, we are also faced with the dilemma of knowing whether what we are doing benefits us or not; moreover, if it benefits other people or not.

Whatever system we have now: government, social, private, and everything that somehow needs and strives to connect people in one way or another, is undeniably imperfect. Why? Could something perfect come out of imperfection?

Anyway, the imperfections of whatever system we have now must not stop us from achieving whatever good is left in those systems. However, it seems that the people handling these systems are questionable. Well, who isn’t?

Ok, ok. Back to our topic.

I see that character formation has a vital role in whatever society asks from people. People cannot guarantee the society and whatever system it has, and even themselves, their full capacity and potential for service and action. Besides, the society is composed of the people, isn’t it?

Somehow, the question is, of which I’ll leave this blog as an open matter, is: “Who decides or who ‘dictates’ that which is and must be followed in character change?”