Cleanliness

    Cleanliness is probably one of the hardest things to achieve.  It is so hard to achieve that most people just end up giving up the idea of keeping things and places clean. However, there are also some people who impose cleanliness. Cities that believe in pollution-free environment implement programs and activities to promote it. Because some governments believe that a clean environment will boost the socio-economic status of their respective cities, they move heaven and earth to find ways to implement things like “Clean & Green Day” or “Smoke-Free City” and even the simple “Tapat ko, Linis ko” programs. Also, the saying “Cleanliness is next to godliness,” is perhaps one of the things that motivate some people to go for cleanliness.
While most of us would say that it is hard to keep our surroundings clean, giving up should not be one of our choices. Come to think of it, if we can contribute but a little effort in keeping our locality clean, we would benefit from it tremendously.
    May be we can learn from the examples of other countries where cleanliness is strictly observed. But then, why should we go far just to look for examples when we can take our very own homes as our model? We Filipinos, particularly women, are known for our domesticity: we cook, we cater, we clean—all because we love our family. It wouldn’t be so hard perhaps to extend this love to our immediate community, would it?

-Bienedict M. Bilog