Jose Rizal's Pen

Jose Rizal used his pen for the future of the Philippines. He wrote books and articles to free our country from oppression. If you were to write books and journals today, what would be your intention? Is it to become rich and be a best-selling author? Or do you carry the heart of our National Hero that thinks not what his country can do for him, but what he can do for his country?

My mother never liked Jose Rizal. Or maybe it's my misinterpretation that she likes Andres Bonifacio more. She told me that the latter should be the National Hero because the former was a coward. I have nothing against our Heroes whether they used swords or pens. What matters is we live a bit peaceful and independent lives today because of their huge efforts. We owe our present comfor to them.

The Philippines is still a third world country. Poverty is very evident. And a lot of people are separated from their families because they have to work abroad. If not abroad, they have to live their provinces to seek more opportunities in bigger cities. Today, our country can really use a great leader like Jose Rizal. If he were alive today, what would he do?

If you would think like our National Hero, there are a lot of things that we can do. If our heroes from the past aspired independence for us, what can we aspire for the next generation? It can be a clean and orderly environment like Makati - or cleaner and more orderly. It can be more jobs and abundance. Or, it can be 1st World Philippines. How would that look like?

And that is why I aspire to be a huge success. I aspired to be an entrepreneur and share my great successes. I am happy to have found my business mentors and a great business community. Through entrepreneurship and with a great team, our country can flourish and realize the dream of becoming a 1st World Country.

Entrepreneurship is like your pen. You can choose to write down a great future and a strong economy for our country.

What will you write using a hero's pen?