WE CAN BE HEROES

But we can be heroes. We need to be heroes. A savior who waves a sword to scare away the monsters cannot do it alone. It takes a nation to solve a nation’s problems. We can always help our country, city or barangay in several ways by having that mindset and discipline for growth.

Growth, development, transformation, progress-- they are had listened to his conscience, it would have told him that his entire lecture runs counter listened to his intuition, and delivering that talk defined his character as an artist and musician and made us appreciate our national anthem better. - soning is seen in the Gospel of low, in his poem A Psalm of and sorrow, Is our destined end of way; But to act, that each tomorrow, Find us farther than to- mindsets is just one side of the the discipline to examine oneself daily and measure whether you have progressed and truly made a difference.

It is not enough to volunteer in your city or barangay one day and disappear the next. Volunteer-- and then see whether your actions have made real a difference. Remember, however, that growth organizations and Philippine government agencies dedicated to the growth mindset and to the discipline of measurement. One just has to google “Islands of Good Governance” to read about their breakthroughs and progress. And if your city or barangay is not quite there yet, heed the call of “In the world’s broad field of battle, In the bivouac of life, Be not like dumb driven cattle, Be a hero in the strife.” James Abadia is the Social Development Division Head of the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation, Inc. He was previously the city administrator of the local government of Mandaue, Cebu and continues to advocate governance reforms as an Associate of the Institute for Solidarity in Asia (ISA).