By Prof. Expectacion C. Gonzales

THINGS JUST DON’T HAPPEN. We, the People make them happen. And when they do, it is not because luck is on our side, but because, we saw to it that things should come to pass the way we intended them to be. We make things happen for a purpose.

On the road to accomplishment, a good leader paves the way for a smoother and a conducive work environment. However, it is also a mark of good leadership, if that leader is able to surmount the odds of the job with the help and support of his subordinates.

At Wesleyan, all it needs to attain that elusive industrial peace and unity of purpose are people who look at the same direction and working towards one ultimate goal. They are themselves team players who make the load lighter simply because they are in sync with one another in pushing and pulling to ensure that the pieces all fit perfectly to create a desired whole.

Needless to say, it is a given that a coordinated and matched movement may not always be achieved as there are a few who go out of tune because they are driven by a different motive-mostly personal and self-serving.

In a community where unity and oneness of purpose and intention is a must and should be primordial, playing one’s part willingly and with utmost commitment necessitates forgetting one’ personal agenda for the interest of the greater number. When one sets aside selfish intention and the concept of personal grandeur, it is easier to accept that he is simply a part and not the totality of things.

The wholeness of a person is not measured in terms of the beauty of the face nor the excellence of one’s mind, rather, it is in his body’s ability to communicate to its various parts to move in unison, perform a task with the grace of rhythmic musicality of notes to create one delightful melody.

Then life becomes more beautiful, and brokenness --- now a thing of the immediate past.

Now that’s not hard to do. Or is it? ###