QOTW:ecoTrain Question Of The Week Season 8.4: If Not You Then Who? If Not Now Then When?

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What a great question for me.

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My late mother was a good example of being a generous and hardworking woman before she became blind and bedridden. To begin her life story, I would like to tell you again that she was too young to get married to my father. She was 15 years old and didn't know how to cook or wash clothes since they belong to a middle-class family. Her grandparent was rich before.

When she got married to my father who was just a farmer, my father taught her the household task and everything. When I came to their life, the drama was then started. My mother became a responsible wife, a mother who gave life to give food but the way she discipline me was not good. She spanked me with hard
materials. There was no law about child abuse before. It happens today, she might be in danger.

Even though my mother did it, I still love the nut I had in my mind to stop her from doing it to my siblings. I handled it with so much pain but looking at my siblings in pain, was unbearable. I had a trauma so whatever she said, I did it. I didn't enjoy my child and teenager's life.

After I graduate from high school, my Auntie gave me money so I could go to Manila, to their house. Yes, I was so happy that I will be away from my mother. But I was worried about my siblings.

When I was already in the house of my Aunt, I decided to write a letter to my mother. I wrote there that I will not go home anymore if she would not change her attitude toward my siblings. I told her in my letter and my father told me that my mother cried.

After that, my mother changed the way how she discipline my siblings. When I came home from my vacation, she confronted me about the letter. She told me that now that I grew up, I became stronger to say those words. I was afraid if she would hit me again in my face using her hand. But, thank you, Lord, she didn't do it.

I realized if I didn't write my mother, I am the eldest among siblings. My father could not control my mother. That was the saddest part when my father didn't do anything to stop my mother. But my father didn't hit me since birth until we grew up. Today, when I saw the question of the week by @ecotrain, I realized if who will stop my mother and when it changed if I didn't have the move to stop it? Maybe if I didn't do it, my siblings could taste the pain that I experienced.

Lesson to learn

If we see something wrong with our family and society most especially in this modern world, be vigilant, open your eyes, open your mouth and speak up. Be a part of the humanities and help improve the wrong process of some people. We must be a part of life changes whatever it takes in public or private. Be a responsible citizen. If we observed wrongdoing, do not tolerate it and say what is better to stop it. Helping someone for a better life is a nice thing that happens in our life. To be part of the changes and improvement. Let us do.

If Not You Then Who? If Not Now Then When?

My answer is myself, we all have the responsibilities and do it early as possible. Time is gold! Strike while the is hot. Let us do our part. Be a fruitful human being.

That's all that I can say. Thank you @ecotrain.