MOVING-UP
SPEECH 2016
By:
Alvin Diola Ligan, MM, RPm
April
2, 2016
It
is in greatness feeling that you invited me to become your guest speaker for
today’s ceremony. I was very pleased and inspired to stand in front you to be enlightened
about the gladness that we could feel in line with this very momentous event-
The First Moving Up Ceremony.
First
and foremost, I would like to congratulate the faculty, the staff and the
administration of Samson Polytechnic College of Davao.
Way
back years ago, this school, was already known as one of the forerunner of
bringing quality training and education to the many people not only in our
beautiful place, Davao City but all through the regions in Mindanao and
reaching far beyond the Philippines and the rest of the globe. Your school has
proven remarkable performance in producing quality workforces locally and on
abroad. Some are now part of the business industry, in educational institutions
as trainers and educators and some are improving their lives and careers as
business individuals. Your school, Samson Polytechnic College of Davao, indeed
brought the limelight of becoming one of the most established and valued
schools in Davao City. Decades have passed, the high school program, the Sunday
high and the daily program has consistently served permissible and
uncomplicated environment for its clients. But because of these undyingly
effort, your school has widen its services and extending programs for the
college. This only shows that your school was very much consistent in working
what’s best it could give to the community. Could we give our school a big
round of applause?
Lucky
you are because you are one of the many beneficiaries of the Department of
Education’s K-12 Senior High School Program. From Junior High School, you are
moving up to Senior High School level, in this sense, you will be exposed to a
more prepared, competent and well-equipped environment that will make you
become an employable great workforces in the industry that you want to serve.
Being
also exposed to this K-12 program will also recognizes our Philippines
educational standard internationally as practiced by many countries in the
world.
The
theme for today’s ceremony is “Moving forward, soaring high…”
Now
I would like to emphasize the two important words in the theme, Forward and
Soar.
To
move forward is to go on progress or moving ahead.
One
best quote that I could relate to this is from the movie “Rocky Balboa as
starred by Silvester Stallone, he said that “Life is not about how hard of a
hit you can give… it’s about how many you can take, and still keep moving
forward.”
Moving
forward from the hardships we experienced everyday is one way of pushing
ourselves to get closer to our goal in life. Pushing in a sense that you could
go farther and become a better person for your family and the community in
which you belong.
Moving
forward means to take one step at a time by forcing yourself to get up because
there will be no other way and all you do is “just do it!”
In
moving forward, we must do some of these actions;
1. Change our
perspectives by creating positive outlook in life.
2. Confront our struggles
and must not afraid to deal with it.
3. Play our worries,
believing that God is bigger that our fears.
4. Always realize that the
process of achieving our goal will always take time. And that Patient is always
a virtue.
5. One more thing, we
must also believe that not everyone around us will be in our back especially in
times of troubles. Believing oneself is very important.
To
the school, moving forward means promoting best ideals needed in the society
that would somehow be very useful in bridging the real situations of the
community into the future. In addition, by regulating faultless programs and
trainings that will connect the requirements of the industry and by producing well-appointed
human resources to the real world.
My
idea here is clear, that if we move forward, we can look further for the
awaiting sunshine. As what the song have said “That there is always a rainbow
after the rain.”
The
second thought that I would like to point up is the word soar. Soaring means
having a relatively in great elevation, it is more than flying.
I
have read one bible verse from ISAIAH Chapter 40 verse 31 and it said:
“But those who trust in the Lord will
find new strength. They will soar
high on wings like eagles. They will run
not grow weary.
They will walk and not faint.”
One realization on this is that when God says that we can
soar on the wings like an eagle, He is not suggesting that we attempt unassisted
aerials. He wants us to soar spiritually in our daily walk with him.
Moreover, in soaring high, we could still face hardships and
thunders along the way, and we reminded that we must face our heads-on knowing
that He is with us in our struggles. But once we get through all of those
adversities and harsh conditions and realizing good dynamics in life then we
must not forget the value of humility. As I read another one bible verse from
JAMES chapter 4 verse 10;
“Humble yourselves
before the Lord, and He will lift you up.”
To go over, the challenge of becoming a stronger person and
as a well-built school community, just like your school, Samson Polytechnic
College of Davao, will lead to unlock a larger opportunity that aligned to
create one better society of a responsible and well improved standard of living
ahead.
To
you, the candidates of this event, the challenge is the same.
You
are the future! The youth is our future!
Be
vigilant but be a responsible individual. One of you will lead our community
and may become the best leader in our country.
I
have read one funny yet meaningful story about the three sons who discussed the
gifts they gave to their elderly mother. And the story goes like this;
The
first son said, “I built a big house for our mother.”
The
second son said, “I sent her a Mercedes with a driver.”
Then,
third son smiled and said,”You remember how mom enjoyed reading the Bible? And
you know she can’t see very well. So I sent her a remarkable parrot that
recites the entire Bible. It took elders in the church 12 years to teach him.
The parrot is one of a kind. Mama just has to name the chapter and verse, and
the parrot will recite the whole verse for her.”
Soon
thereafter, mom sent out her letters of thanks to her sons:
“Michael,”
she wrote one son, “the house you built is so huge. I live in only one room,
but I have to clean the whole house.”
“Gerry,”
she wrote to another, “I am too old to travel. I stay most of the time at home,
so I rarely use the Mercedes. And the driver is so rude!”
“Dearest
Dennis,” she wrote to her third son, “you have the good sense to know what your
mother likes. The chicken was so delicious.”
Remember,
it’s the thought that counts.
For
this, I extend my best congratulations to all of you parents and guardians for
bringing your sons and daughters in this community. I firmly believed that they
are now outfitted in choosing the best field that they wanted to be for
tomorrow. Our role now is to consistently assist them and guide them for
whatever decisions they will make in the future.
May
I request our candidates to please stand and acknowledge now your parents or
guardian by waving on them and giving them an inspiring round of applause!
I
have here one last quote from a popular athletic brand.
Remember
that, “Impossible is nothing.”
Focus
on yourself, set a plan and visualize where you see yourself tomorrow; know the
things and steps in order to get there – YOUR GOAL. Learn this by heart that there
is no easy way and all these things should be done at all and once you do it
that is a success!
I
say once again, congratulations to all of you and have a pleasant day ahead!
Thank
you. J
