For me, theres something bland about a third-hand Porsche a president buys.
The thing is, in all modesty, Facebook developer and multi billionaire who slaves himself lives in a rented two storey house in CA. He only has a Honda Acura to ply the wides streets of America, regardless of his wealth.
For a president whose working day starts at 10 and ends at 6, he needs no fast car.
For need of a horsepower maybe, (he's definitely not working like a horse and his power slowly erodes daily) PNoy needs that Porsche, but hes got to buy the NLEX or the whole Carmona circuit for his playground to let him unleash the car's brute power.
Manila's traffic is outrageously damned, gas rates are murderous and a third hand Porsche may well be more than its published buying rate considering storage and shipping costs to the Philippines.
For every Filipino who gawk at the car as it zooms even without the "kwangkwang" preceding it is just another poor insult to the country's Filipinos. I mean, real Filipinos.
however, my friend, one has the right to enjoy the fruits of his work. one has the right to enjoy the blessings God pours on a person through hard work, passionate yearnings, and honest living.
one should not envy or take everything to heart. just because a person drives an expensive car does not mean that it was meant as an insult to one who is poor. dili pood maayo mo think ana.
i for one know of a person who gives and donates to christian / poor charities and also enjoys the fruits of his work.
he drives a mercedes GL series, is a general surgeon in the hospital that i used to do rounds in. but every year, this man
goes back to the philippines and leads free medical missions. because this man gives openly to those who are in need,
because of his hard work (studying over 12 years to earn his M.D, and then specializing) he is able to afford that car,
his house, his lifestyle (Through God's Grace and Blessings). He sacrificed to study, he sacrificed to earn his MD.
And yet, he selflessly gives back to those who normally could not afford his service. Freely. Openly.
God Blesses him abundantly in return for this selfless act.
you enjoy the fruits of your bounty that God gives you. if others envy you for it, that is their own thinking that is misleaded.
not everything should be construed as an insult to the poor. It is God who pours blessings on a person through one's
honest, hard, work. If a man tithes 10% to the church and in return of his faith, is blessed abundantly by God,
should the poor also envy that man's rich bounty? no. of course not. envying , in itself, is a sin.
peace.
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