#ECQ hugot ni Jericho: Di mo kailangan ng tsinelas sa dagat ng pangarap! Naks!

MADAMDAMIN at mahaba-haba ang hugot ni Jericho Rosales tungkol sa pag-abot ng mga pangarap tungo sa isang magandang buhay.

Sa kanyang Facebook account, nagbalik-tanaw ang aktor sa mga challenges na pinagdaanan niya noong kabataan niya at kung paano siya nagsikap para maabot ang kanyang mga pangarap.

Ayon kay Jericho, naiintindihan niya kung bakit marami ang nangangamba at nababahala kung ano ang magiging kinabukasan ng bansa at ng sambayanang Filipino pagkatapos ng COVID-19 pandemic. 

Narito ang kabuuan ng FB message ni Echo: “I thought about us all morning. This will take 3 minutes to read.

“I think a lot of us have stopped dreaming and reaching our goals because of the negative factors around us- poverty, lack of support and the additional uncertainty we get from this pandemic. Or at least we deeply questioned them. 

“Our tomorrows are filled with questions and cares. It is natural for us to think that way. We all are going through this and it is very hard.

“Dreams are dreams because they seem far from reality. It can be easy to forget about them. But with a heart full of hope and a mind filled with positivity, nothing is impossible.

“I came from a poor family, went to 6 public schools in elementary and high school. Didn’t go to college because i didn’t know what career meant and we simply could not afford it. 

“When i was young i collected discarded wires and old newspapers to be sold in junk shops in exchange for money and sometimes cheap cheese curls. I collected plastic trash from a dumpsite with my cousin, I sold ice buko (frozen coconut water with milk and sugar), sold fish in the market, became a jeepney ‘barker’, a pizza boy and a driver. 

“Clearly, i did not have the ideal life situation. But I had a dream – to get myself and my family out of poverty and have our own house. That was my first major dream. I had faith in God and I also had time. So i prayed and prayed and never stopped learning new things. I kept moving. I kept my dream infront of me.

“Self-education, learning skills, surrounding yourself with forward thinking like-minded people and using your challenges as tools for self-improvement/development are keys to opening doors of opportunities.

“I learned to speak English by watching TV and movies. Forcing myself to read and talking to people gave me wonderful ideas and opened my eyes to new possibilities with a clearer vision for my life.

“What we have in our hands is NOW. It holds a lot of power if you know how to use it. It can change your tomorrows. Shaping it starts the moment you tell yourself ‘this is my tomorrow’. We also have each other.

“They say dreams are only dreams and wishes will remain to be wishes but not until you do something about them.

“So keep dreaming, keep hoping and keep moving. You are made to be something and a someone for another. I wish all of us a bright future and i’ll do my part to make that happen.

“Di mo kailangan ng tsinelas sa dagat ng pangarap. Naks.”