Ang pasko ay para sa bata

Christmas is for kids as one old saying goes, but rather I think Christmas is for those who still believe and have faith. Majority of the children are still innocent and pure, still believing that hope is abundant and that Christmas is the time for joy and gifts. With Santa Clause giving them wonders and happiness in the forms of toys and trinkets. But how does Christmas look in the eyes of the street children where food and survival is their daily issue?
Frankly I don't know, since children are malleable of sorts, some would continue to hope and others would become jaded as their parents.

But for those who already grew up....

Christmas is for those who still believe I guess, and those who have faith in their fellow men. Sadly as we grow older these things fade, or left beneath what we deem as important, like money, material resources and what nots. Sad but true, but often these things that we set as priorities are the necessities that we need/want for what we see as essential to have a comfortable life. Some rich individuals still believe since these wants/needs are already fulfilled though some of them forget, that they can look for these since they already have the resources. Sadly some of them do forget and blame those of the lower statuses of being calloused, but I ask, if they already have food in their stomachs would they be so calloused?

Still, I don't know, for we are human, and our reactions are often our own and not what we usually expect.

And for me?

Maybe I still believe that there is still hope. Working inside a hospital made me realize that there are still few willing to help even with meager resources, even with little compensation and often none at all. And maybe there is a Christmas for all, after these trying times.