Community Organizing Reflection

     When we were asked on the first day of the seminar to compare ourselves to something significant to us, I compared myself to a 'sand'. I reasoned that it is something so abundant in this world and so normal or ordinary that most of the time its existence is taken for granted. But to deal on it without any precautions, a pinch of it is enough to make someone blind. 

     I always heard CBA in the office and encountered it several times in the SPRS, but it was on the second day of our CO when I got the chance to understand how significant the program is and how does it operates among the members of the association. It's a pride that I belong to a 
department who has that kind of program. Indeed, a whole is not a whole without its parts.

     On the second night, when we were on the Baga-as Agrarian Reform Association community, we were asked again to draw ourselves in the board and describe how we are able to relate ourselves in our drawings. I still chose the 'sand'. But in that moment, the 'sand' has already a deeper significance to me. 

     Everytime I ask myself what kind of work will satisfy me, the answer is always something that can touch lives of my fellow human beings. That is the reason why I dream then to become a doctor. But through the years, life led me to something different from that dream. Yes, the dream to become a doctor ended, but it doesn't mean that the main reason why that dream was made will not be pursued as well. That is also the reason why I want to work in a government. I am a Filipino and I want to take part in improving things for us. 

     When I described myself as a ‘sand’ that night, it was not just the abundant sand and the ordinary sand that I was referring. But a sand which is a raw material used to make buildings, structures, etc. that signifies strengths, progress and change.

     Yes, I am a willing part to have the change we want, to improve what has been started for our progress, and to be a part of our strengths as Filipinos.

     Yes, I am a sand. I am a part that makes a house which becomes home and shelter of many people. I am a part of that small and of that towering buildings that signifies the achievements and wealth of our businessmen which give a ray of hope to our aspiring workers. Yes, I am a sand. I am mixed to become a cemented pavement. Most people consider cemented pavements as bridges to their dreams. They are manifestation of progress and innovation in their place.

     I am a sand or most may say, just a sand, the invisible part. But that’s me right now. And I believe, being a sand, there are lot of ways I can grow better. From being the sand of life, with the right hands of whoever will handle me, with my motivation that will never be shaken, I will become the blocks of life, the foundation. And someday, the structure itself.