General Admission
Destiny is what we make, what makes us all
By Al S. Mendoza
THE presidency is destiny.
Ninoy Aquino wanted to be president.
It didn’t happen.
Cory Aquino didn’t want to be president.
It happened.
Wasn’t FPJ also destined to be president?
Yes—until the “Hello Garci” phenomenon came into being.
A phenom is the hardest to lick.
It has celestial powers. Alien blast. Unstoppable force.
Millions of votes had been stolen by that HG phenom, resulting in FPJ’s shocking seback in the 2004 presidential polls.
It was never proven. The cheating in 2004, I mean, although everybody believes that Ate Glue had masterminded it—except Mike, Luli, Dato and Mikey.
You live a life of a lie, you eventually lie even to your own shadow.
OK, OK, it was not also proven that Marcos ordered the killing of Ninoy in 1983, right?
But the accusing finger continues to be pointed at Marcos—long after the dictator’s death in 1989.
Same with Ate Glue.
She’s the sole suspect in the HG scam. Unpunished, yes, but things happen in God’s time—including the sentencing.
Look, Noynoy Aquino is now the president-in-waiting, a worthy successor I must insist due to the magnificent events surrounding his climb to the top.
Noynoy is yet another perfect example of what destiny is.
Like his mother, Cory, Noynoy didn’t seek the presidency.
The presidency went to Cory when Ninoy her husband was gunned down at the tarmac.
Like in Cory’s case, the presidency also sought Noynoy.
Had Cory not died on August 1, 2009, Noynoy might not have been thrust to where he is now—a breadth away from the Palace.
Before Cory’s passing, Mar Roxas had stepped forward as the presidential candidate of the Liberal Party.
When Cory went back to Our Creator, things changed—rather abruptly.
Suddenly, there was a forceful call for Noynoy to run for president.
Hesitant—but, of course—in the beginning, Noynoy had to seek advice. He went into retreat, “talking” with God, imploring divine guidance—if not mercy.
When Noynoy emerged from his “self-exile” in a nunnery in Zamboanga, he was a changed man. He was with God, of God, by God.
And that changed everything—including the course of history.
Fate has a way with mortals.
It can be kind—as with Noynoy Aquino.
It can be unkind—as with Rey Velasco.
Although Velasco still refuses to admit it, he was fated to lose the mayorship in Sta. Barbara.
I told him that before the elections.
He didn’t believe.
His friends told him that after the elections.
Still, he didn’t believe.
“Your people say you performed well as their mayor,” I told Rey weeks before the May 10 elections. “But the problem daw with you is, you never smile.”
Benny Gopez told him that again after May 10.
Rey Velasco was adamant. Fuming even.
The presidency is destiny. Noynoy believed in that. He’ll be our president by July 1.
The mayorship is destiny. Rey did not believe in that. He’ll be out as mayor of Sta. Barbara by July 1.
You master your destiny. So, do something for your destiny. Like smiling.
Rebuke destiny and you have a river that doesn’t run deep.
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