mySpot | Who wants to become the next president?

With the upcoming 2010 elections next year, many of the current popular politicians and the never-heard politicians are aspiring to become 'the one', dreaming to sit on the highest chair and live on a palace, you can even ride your own plane and travel around the world and befriend all the world leaders.

Just like one senator said on an interview about what she thinks on the number of the presidential aspirants who wants to run next year, "The more, the merrier". Well... She's right.. The more, the merrier... There is nothing wrong of having the ambition of becoming a president. But the question is, Do you have what it takes to be one???

Everyone wants to be a president even in small things. When I was young, I dreamed of becoming a president. When I was still a student, I once became the Class President. When I was in college, I wanted to become the President of our organization but I didn't win because someone else was better than me so then i wanted to be the next president. And the dream didn't stop and until now, I still wanted to become a president.

But when you are already in the position, can you handle the pressure? Because when you are in the position of such, the dream fades away and the reality is starting to sink in. Sure it easy to handle a group of 10-20 person. It could be easy to lead a small organization. But the whole country??? I don' think so. Maybe they could.

Everyone wants to become the next president. Well, one thing for sure, we could trust them all. They are all deserving to be trusted, i think so. But it is up to them whether they would use our trust in good ways or the other.

According to the constitution, "no person may be elected President unless he is a natural-born citizen of the Philippines, a registered voter, able to read and write, at least forty years of age on the day of the election, and a resident of the Philippines for at least ten years immediately preceding such election." But with the current trend, I guess we should add "no person may be elected unless he is rich and famous, or has was a celebrity in the past few years"

What if we change the way it should be. Those who wants to become a president shall not become one, and those who doesn't want to become a president becomes the one. I know someone who is just a simple person and a follower of God who became a great leader not only once but changed the way the country goes where she wasn't dreaming of becoming a president at all.

Being a president requires a lot of strength and effort from within. With this recent calamit, the one should know what to do. One should be careful in all actions because all eyes are upon you. Every mistakes are counted rather than the good things that you do. With all these I realize now I don't want to become one. I just need to be myself and help choose someone who is better and someone who deserves to sit on the chair and live on the big palace. Let us all find that one.