The Filipinos’ sense of country

RETIREMENT makes one more conscious of his own country. No longer burdened by the cares and pressures of office, one is better able to observe and reflect on the affairs of his country and their conduct by its leaders and people.

And when as in my case, one retired from a career in the foreign service which took him to various countries, he is acutely more aware by a process of comparison what it is that we, the Filipino people, lack and  can learn from the experiences of more successful countries.