Patriotism vs. Perfidy
Category: Filipino Nurses, Nurses’ Careers, Nursing Industry in the Philippines, Striving Pinoy Nurses, Posted on November 16th, 2009 by adminNo Comments
A nation with rich culture, profuse natural resources and good-natured people; the Philippines is on earnest efforts in realizing its aspiration of becoming a strong Republic.
Once regarded as one of the most glorious and progressive countries in Asia, the Philippines was placed second to Japan in terms of economic status besting other Asian countries like China and Singapore. It was truly a glistening pearl in the orient seas…. But that was long ago, things have changed dramatically. Currently, Japan remained atop most Asian countries; China, once the sleeping giant has metamorphosed into an economic giant, Singapore boasts of an unshakable economy and so with the other countries in Asia. The Philippines on the other hand is left behind and dived its way to the bottom of the roster.
The Filipinos remain steadfast amidst economic turmoil, political chaos, and poverty-induced tribulations. Most of the citizens are severely affected with poverty; nurses are not exempted in this problem. With the increasing rate of unemployment in our country, Filipino nurses are on their respective strategic maneuvers to combat the presenting problem so they may survive and uplift their families from the deep trenches of destitution. Unconsciously, from being patriotic they turned to being practical. And so, with love, hope and optimism they flew and rendered their services to other countries. But do these Filipino nurses really resorted to perfidy and totally despised the spirit of patriotism?
It’s not perfidy but love for their family that they chose to serve other nations in spite of cultural diversity, language barrier, forced solitude, and heartfelt longing—-SACRIFICE, to the strongest sense of the word. In the end, these sacrifices produced multi-fold benefits; because of the money they (and other overseas Filipino workers) send to their families in the Philippines, our country is saved from further degradation brought about by myriad and innumerable debts and thereby addressing our insolvency issues. This fact may not be in the minds of these modern day heroes when they’ve decided to work abroad but still in one way or another they haven’t totally turned their backs on our country.
There are a lot of ways to show and enact our loyalty to our country. It may not always be in the most pronounced and loud way, what is important is your effort to do so. In the case of overseas Filipino workers (that include nurses), it is love that led them to sacrifice and by these sacrifices they enacted patriotism by upholding the value of family—a pure and distinct FILIPINO quality.