Mindanao, TawiTawi, Sulu, Philippines
Congratulations for making it to the finish line! There would still be other races to run soon, but this last one is amply important because it outlines your basic preparations.Cheers!
I welcome you to the MSU Alumni Association in behalf of its officers. And I am taking this opportunity to say some few words hopefully to guide you in the next runs of your life.
Very soon you will be joining the rank of job seekers along with some other 600,000 college graduates of 2010 throughout the country. The competition is stiff and the opportunities are very scarce, so it may take sometime before you will find a job. It is most likely that the job you will get into may not be appropriate to your training and preparation. Don’t despair. I have a lot of friends in similar situation who made it to the top despite such predicament. I know of a marine biology graduate who is now happily managing the sales of health and beauty products. And a fishery graduate who is now earning much as estate broker. Appropriate or not the job may be to your training and qualifications my advice is for you to love it. Your first job is the most precious gift of God in this difficult and uncertain time. You have to give your best to it by learning more about it and by delivering your best performance possible.
However, if you realize that this job does not give you joy and satisfaction, by all means quit. Stop working and start looking for another one. What makes some people very miserable is holding to a job that they do not enjoy doing and does not give them any sense of fulfillment. They simply stick to it because it provides them security of income even if it scours and hurts inside. As the marines say “no guts no glory.” Be real. Magpakatotoo ka. Leave that false comfort zone, take the risk and venture out there if you wish to find new meaning to your existence.
A meaningful life follows from a life-defining and occupying activity, such as your work, that gives you joy and satisfaction in an environment that is enriching and fulfilling. In an oppressive, unjust and iniquitous environment your job, no matter how you value and cherish it, will eventually lose meaning and significance. You have a responsibility to anyone and anything you love dearly in life. You are expected to do something to improve their circumstances. In workplaces where dishonesty, deception, and falsehood dominate, it is your obligation to speak and expose the truth. In situations where inequity and injustice prevail, it is your duty to act and contribute to the effort of correcting them. Do not secure the comfort of fence-sitters to enhance your own survival. Avoid retreating to a neutral corner to save your own skin. Take side with the oppressed, the victims of lies, deception, and injustice and be counted in the struggle of the great Teacher if you wish to secure your destiny. You see, if evil men now appear to triumph around us it is because good men are afraid and are not doing anything to stop them.
Finally, always remember your Alma Mater, the university where you came from and made you what you are now. Honor her with praiseworthy and excellent behavior in whatever you attempt to pursue in life. When the right moment arrives, come home and offer to her your talents and your blessings so her torch will continue to burn and give light to those in darkness.
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