Look. And see.

When I saw this photo, what did I see?


"Watching the cute girl in class walk by."

This was how the photo was captioned in a social networking site. I don't know. Maybe it was just me. But the moment I saw it, I knew there was so much more to it than what the caption had, or what words can express, which invited around 100,000+ likers to hit that button. Oh well. -_-

My heart sank as countless flashbacks hit me minutes after I saw this. Flashbacks of reality; this country with a lot of people living lavishly, but ironically, the same country with people  struggling to survive, and barely living. And I am not ashamed to admit that I cried. And that every inch of me was torn. And that it was painful. Seeing those eyes, looking at infinity, with wholesome intent, looking up to what was out there, to what is really here, and now.

Do you have any idea how so much a dream can become? Have you had any encounter of what seemed to be an endless series of impossibilities? Do you know how it feels like, when you reach the end of it, and realize how it was all worth it?

Dear readers, it pains me a lot, how thousands of kids like him, waking up every morning, looking out to reality, can say to themselves; someday, I'm gonna be like that, or someday, I'm gonna be helping mom, or simply: someday, I am going to be great! -- all that, with a grin, to begin with.

Okay. So, what Im trying to say is this: we are all capable of dreaming and becoming. I just hope and I pray that whatever you want yourself to be, be your best possible version of it, cause the world sees you every day. The world is able to witness who you are and what you are doing with life. And in the same way, the world is able to dream through you, and become through you. Just as how able you are to aspire, you can also inspire.

It is but one of my wishlist to be able to uplift these kids, if not entirely help them make their dreams come true. I am not telling you to share the same goal with me. The reason why I made this entry is for you to ponder upon what I am going to ask of you, one last time..and hopefully, you get to "act" on your answer for the rest of humanity.


Look at the photo once more and tell me: WHAT DO YOU SEE?