Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano on faith and leadership

SP Alan Cayetano spoke about faith, purpose and the need for wisdom and balance in leadership. He also called for prayer and public cooperation as he go through governance challenges
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(0:01) All praise, glory, honor, thanksgiving be to God. Kung makikwento ko lang sa inyo ang bawat elemento, bawat pangyayari, bawat event, or the whole story that got me here, makikita niyo talaga kung gaano ka-amazing ang Panginoon, gaano ka-amazing yung plano ng Panginoon. 

(0:29) I just want to remind everyone, especially myself, we’re all put somewhere for a purpose, for a time. So we don’t know if that’s for one day, for two years, for six months. We know there is a purpose and enough time. Hindi nagbibigay ang Lord ng vision na walang provision.

(0:50) So pag hinanda ka to do a certain task at nilagay ka sa isang pwesto, may kasama yan sigurado na provision for you to do it. So like at this point in time, the number one provision na kailangan natin is wisdom. (Mentioned viewer)

(1:19) Magandang magandang gabi sa inyong lahat. Andami ka agad natin tonight. Thank you for joining me in praising God, in celebrating. Sana gising pa asawa ko. Just got home. Dumaan lang akong Burger King para meron akong onion rings at saka dalawang sandwich, chicken, at saka burger. 

(1:42) So usually nag-exercise ako bago matulog pero kailangan maaga magising tomorrow.

So sa lahat sa inyo na nag-pray, nag-intercede, meron talagang invisible at may visible. May spiritual warfare talaga. May mga principalities and authorities na mas kalaban natin yan. That’s why yun ang sinasabi ng hate the sin but love your enemies. 

(2:07) (Mentioned viewer), thank you very much. Sa dami mong post, ngayon nangyari. So I was telling Senator Bato kanina yung journey at shine-share din niya yung journey. Alam niyo po nung nag-usap kami nung Saturday, sabi niya malabo na talaga siya makapuntang Senate, but ipag pe-pray niya. 

(2:26) And then pinag-pray ko rin. At talagang alam ko yung peace, peace of heart and mind. Hindi ko alam ang mangyayari. Nandun din yung excitement, nandun ba yung tuloy, hindi.

Pero hindi siya anxiety, hindi siya worry. (Mentioned viewer), good evening, (Mentioned viewer), magandang gabi. Thanks for joining us.

(2:51) Hello sa mga pinsan ko, mga pamangkin na Batanguena. (Mentioned viewer), thank you, thank you (Mentioned viewer). So hindi po ako magpapakaba. I just wanted to thank God, then secondly thank all of you but ask you for your prayers and support. 

(3:16) Nung nagta-type ako at sinasabi ko sa isa kong kaibigan at nire-respeto na kailangan ng balance, pupasok sa mind ko kasi minsan maganda yung imbalance. For example, good and bad should not be balanced. Dapat dun kaparati sa good. Yung good habits mo at bad habits hindi dapat balance. Hindi ko pwedeng sabihin, hindi naman ako umiinom masyado kaya pwede naman ako magsugal.

(3:41) Having said that, yung balance na anong issue ang ipri-prioritize muna natin? Yung balance na how do you be as generous as you can to the other side but also maintain your base and make sure na pare-pareho kayo ng direction. 

(3:58) So kanina before talking to the NBI director at present dun yung ilang mga senador, isang ex-general na OSAA namin ngayon at isang respetadong general na ngayon sa NCRPO, nagpaalam ako sa kanila na first meeting ko ito sa office ko as Senate President. Sana okay lang sa inyo mag-pray and we prayed together. And remember no, although we’re predominantly a Christian nation, we’re predominantly Roman Catholic. 

(4:29) Marami talagang iba’t ibang paniniwala. So napaka importante po na we find what we call in math the least common denominator. Kasi pagka meron kayong common denominator, kahit papano the math is there.

(4:45) So we will be navigating many things, there will be many attempts to na buwagin ang majority na ito, na palitan kami. Ang hinihingi ko lang aside from prayers, give us a chance. Kasi ang daling magsalita pero makikita nyo sa aming gagawin sa actions.

(5:05) Doon ang pinaka-importante. (Mentioned viewer) magandang-magandang gabi at mabuhay kayo. Kamusta mga original na house reporters. Thank you sa inyong hindi kayo pwedeng bias, hindi kayo pwedeng magpakita ng kahit ano but thank you sa prayers. 

(5:23) (Mentioned viewer), watching from Hong Kong. Mga OFWs hindi po namin kayo makakalimutan. Pipilitin po natin na yung ginawa ni Senator Win at yung spinonsor po natin na kasama yung mga staff yung ginawa pong PROTECT (committee), yung maging proactive tayo sa nangyayaring crisis ay matuloy. 

(5:48) So guys, intercede in prayer. Send me ideas. May classmate ako nasa Australia na may pinagdaanan din yung kanilang pamilya but she took time to put a meme and congratulate. Sabi ko nga prayers. Tapos sabi ko suggestions, comments, even reaction basta non-violent reaction or objections is welcome.

(6:16) Kasi kailangan talaga naming all the help. At any point in time, maraming mga Pilipino ang nag-enjoy, ang maganda buhay, nakakasama ang mga pamilya, maganda trabaho. But there are also millions of Filipinos here and abroad na nagdudusa talaga.

(6:35) So tulong-tulong po tayo how we can deliver solutions sa problema. Assalamualaikum, (Mentioned viewer). Thank you sa pagbati Kapitan.(Mentioned viewer), buhay kayong lahat. So mag-hi muna ako sa asawa ko, konting sandwich then we’ll try to get some sleep and have a earlier day. God bless you guys. Good night.

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