The man who wants something for nothing

     For a day, let me make a shift from the tiresome and sleep- inducing impeachment trial.


     The man who wants something for nothing is a christian.


      I don't believe so.
      Yet this axiom  admittedly is  a slap-in-the face of many Pinoys.  A truism in the sense that 50 per cent if not majority of the 94 million Pinoy population are in poverty.  Dole-outs are the order of the day particularly in areas where so-called informal settlers (squatters) reside.   It is not an unusual sight to find people queuing before a truck distributing basic goods - and people asked - 'libre ba? is it free?  Scenes not only most common, in times of floods and fires, but any day in more blighted areas.


    Though, a slap in the face, an open insult, you and me must bear the pain.   I call it a wake-up call, a shot across the bow to Christians that is 80 percent of  the 94 million Pinoys.
    A failure of Christianity? Not maybe,   but the mojority are still snoring away while most Asian neighbors  are living  comfortably and in a more dignified lifestyle.


    My appeal to my fellow Christians, wake up and get real.  In school we were taught, "It is better to give than to receive."  I am sure I was not absent when our teacher taught us the lesson.   Yet, today giving and receiving can become a lively argumentation topic.  One may ask, what can I give when I have nothing?  That is why by receiving I can have and may still give some of what I receive.   A case of the chicken or the egg?