Duty
How do we know what we must do? like what tells us that we have to do something? ive been wondering about this for quite some time now...it started one day last semester. my lit teacher was telling us how his life couldve been if he wasnt a teacher. he said that he graduated m.e. and he like went to work for this company and that company and then went on to become a teacher. he said one word that summarized all of the reasons why he went on becoming a teacher. it was duty.

what is it? like what do we know what our duty is? before that, the only duty i knew was the shift my dad had to work in the hospital when i was young. he and my mom would always refer to it as duty. well, over the years ive had some recollection on what it meant. i saw it in the eyes of my fellow volunteers at this summer program called pkk, para kay kiko. well to be hoest, i joined just for me to be able to do something during the summer, a lot of people joined. well ost of them joined just to meet people of the other sex...unfortunately at the beginning, i was one of them, while others just joined for them to be able to put something in their college applicatin forms. then as the weeks passed, i saw a handful of volunteers. they didnt care about the other volunteers, they didnt care about the time they were wasting. all they cared about was the street children (well, not actually, coz most of them had cellphones and stuff, but all of them studued in public schools. so lets refer to them as financially handicapped...or f.h.)

i watched them from day to day. they werent just doing their work, they were showing the f.h. true compassion. they were treating them as human beings, not like most people i knew. one day, i was curious and asked them why they were like that. all they said was.."wala lang". i stood there wondering, pondering about what they meant. then i started being like them. i treated each one of them as though they were my close friends rather than students. i helped them along the way and well, i had this warm and fuzzy feeling as i did. i worked even harder, and each day i did, the feeling grew. then i knew what duty was.

duty is doing something you have to do. doing something that you know is right. even if you know that people will look down on you if you do. like, sitting with the loser at the loser's table during lunch, giving spare change to some f.h. people. not cheating, and yes, saying no to drugs. also, helping someone in need. basically that is what duty is. no one will ever know what they have to do, but trust me, when it comes along, listen to your heart and you will know what you have to do.

that is what i believe duty is. doing the right thing, not only for you but for everyone else. doing selfless acts for the good of others. luceat lux, let your light shine. that is what duty is.