Chelie

What is the feeling of being far from the place you belong? Thousands miles separated from lands and waters across.

Boredom, struggling in language barrier, culture shocked and some other difficulties, yes this is the feeling of an Overseas Filipino Worker.

As one of the millions OFW around the world either it is in America, Europe, Middle East and in other parts of Asia. The “truth” it is a huge sacrificed being abroad and “lies” for telling they are blissful. Why the terms sacrifice? Leaving somebody extremely near to your heart, how easy it is? In fact isn’t easy at all. For the first step you cried but you are keeping one will and it is the “passion” which will change to your life. To the person who’s depending on you for their necessity, the care that you can’t give for now has been covered by the dollars, euros, dinar, riyal and other currencies. We are keeping behind some important ethics which make as degrading our self in front of others.

I’m proud to be a Filipino; I admired our dedication to work, the enhancement and improvements of our learning. But what are the reasons why some of us walk in a wrong way? It is always acknowledged as a “wrong way” but I’m trying to speculate what is the right term for this. The picture of an individual in deeper and logical sight, it is a natured of us being warm and having a freedom of expressions either it is in our dress, enjoyment, feelings and etc. I noticed that the limit we provided are flowing than the necessity we required. Some of us can’t control ourselves it is like a temptation over mind.  We are tempted to do what will make us worth even though the facts will compensate us the dignity that we preserve.  

Either one of us has no rights to condemned and question. How painful it is to be accused in general because of others? Until when I will walk without a question mark on my face, I hope that time will come to heal all the sufferings of an OFW in unquestionable and descent way.

We are all human beings and nobody’s perfect either am I, once we walked in uncorrected path it doesn’t mean it is the end there is another path that will give you a more light.