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MESSAGE FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES

PRESIDENT OF THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES,


___________; OTHER OFFICERS OF THIS ESTEEMED CLUB;
MEMBERS; LADIES AND GENTLEMEN; I THANK YOU FOR THE
HONOR AS YOUR GUEST OF HONOR AND SPEAKER AND FOR THE
CHANCE TO BE ONE AMONG YOUR MEMBERS TODAY WHO LIKE
EACH ONE HAS SHARED A STRONG BELIEF “OF SERVICE THROUGH
STRONG BROTHERHOOD.”
FOR TRULY, THE THEORY THAT MAN IS A SOCIAL BEING
EXPLAINS THE EXISTENCE OF ORGANIZATIONS OR CLUBS OR
GROUPS. ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF
EAGLES, WHICH IS AIMED AT PROVIDING MEN AND WOMEN THE
VENUE TO DEVELOP INTERDEPENDENT RELATIONSHIPS FOR THE
SATISFACTION OF NEEDS, WHICH COULD NOT BE ATTAINED IN
BEING ALONE.
IN SHORT, EACH OF US DEPENDS UPON ORGANIZATIONS
JUST LIKE US IN THE PNP; OUR OPERATIONS AGAINST CRIMINALITY
WILL NOT BE ACHIEVED WITHOUT THE SUSTAINED COOPERATION
AND IMMEDIATE RESPONSE FROM OUR COMMUNITIES. AS
PROVINCIAL DIRECTOR OF IFUGAO PPO, I ALSO ENDEAVORED ON
THE REGULAR REQUIREMENT OF POLICE WORK LIKE KEEPING THE
PEACE AND ENABLING AN ENVIRONMENT FOR PROGRESS,
HOWEVER, I TAKE THIS MEMBERSHIP ON A HIGHER LEVEL,
KNOWING THAT YOUR VARIOUS PROGRAMS COULD BE VERY
BENEFICIAL IN OUR CRIME PREVENTION STRATEGIES. MOREOVER,
IN DOING SO WOULD TAKE MY PUBLIC SERVICE CALLING INTO AN
EVEN HIGHER DEGREE OF SERVICE, ESPECIALLY TO OUR LESSER
ADVANTAGED BROTHERS AND SISTERS.
YES, IN THIS FAST-PACED SOCIETY WHERE EVERYONE
SEEMS TO BE PRE-OCCUPIED WITH SELF-GRATIFICATION AND IS
USED TO DISPOSABILTY, IT IS VERY HEARTWARMING TO NOTE
THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO STILL EXEMPLIFY THE GREAT
VALUE OF GIVING AND SHARING AND FONDLY TREASURE THEIR
GRASSROOTS THROUGH THEIR SELFLESS SOCIO-CIVIC MINDED
SERVICE OF WHICH THIS ORGANIZATION IS FOCUSED INTO. BEING
ONE AMONG YOU IN THIS NOBLE ENDEAVOR WILL TRULY
CATAPULT OUR COLLECTIVE PURPOSE THUS HOPE TO BENEFIT
MORE AND MORE OF OUR FELLOW COUNTRYMEN WHO NEEDS
UPLIFTMENT IN THESE MOST TRYING TIMES. WE HAVE BEEN
THROUGH A LOT OF PAINS IN THE PAST BECAUSE OF DISASTERS,
HUMAN AND MANMADE ALIKE AND THESE HARROWING
EXPERIENCES HAVE CAUSED THE LOST OF LIVES OF OUR LOVED
ONES, LOST OF PROPERTIES AND LOST OF SOURCE OF INCOME
BY A VERY LOWLY FILIPINO.
SERVICE TO MEN THROUGH THIS BROTHERHOOD IS INDEED
TOWERING AND MANY HELPLESS PEOPLE CLAMORS FOR OUR AID,
FOR OUR HELP, THAT THEY MAY AT LEAST BE UPLIFTED BY OUR
GENUINE ACTS OF KINDNESS, I PRAY THAT THIS VISION SHALL BE
REALIZED WITH OUR ZEAL AND COMMITMENT TO PURSUE OUR
COLLECTIVE GOAL WITH THAT OLD NICHE THAT GOES...UNITED WE
STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL. YES, THAT WE MAY BE UNITED IN
HEARTS AND IN DEEDS THROUGH THE SPIRIT OF BROTHERHOOD.
AS COUNTLESS CITIZENS MAY HAVE BEEN BENEFITTED FROM
THIS ORGANIZATION, I EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO ALL OF YOU,
THOUGH MY WORDS OF THANKS MAY NOT EQUAL THE GREAT
EXPANSE OF YOUR BENEVOLENCE AND THE INSPIRATIONS WITHIN
IT, BUT WITH HOPES THAT OUR SINCERITY AND COMMITMENT TO
WORK WITH FERVOR IN THE GREATER GLORY OF GOD SHALL FILL
THE GAP.
LET ME SHARE WITH YOU THE SYMBOLISMS AND MEANINGS
OF THE SWIFT EAGLE BIRD WHICH I DO BELIEVE WE MUST
POSSESS AS A REGULAR MEMBER OF THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF
EAGLES.

MALE EAGLES STAY ON GUARD OF THEIR NEST WHILE THEIR


PARTNERS INCUBATE THEIR EGGS. AFTER HATCHING, THEY STAY
WITH THEIR FEMALE PARTNERS TO HELP RAISE THEIR EAGLETS.
MANY EAGLE PAIRS ALSO RETURN TO THE SAME NEST YEAR
AFTER YEAR. THIS SIGNIFIES LOYALTY AND DEVOTION. MEANING,
WHATEVER IS THE COST, WE NEED TO STAY LOYAL AND DEVOTED
TO OUR ORGANIZATION AND ITS MEMBERS.

EAGLES CAN SOAR TO 10,000 FEET 2 AND, WHEN DIVING, THEY


CAN ACHIEVE SPEEDS OF UP TO 100 MILES PER HOUR. THIS IS A
SYMBOL OF FREEDOM AND SWIFTNESS. WHILE IT IS TRUE THAT
WE ARE FREE, WE ARE STILL BOUND TO ABIDE BY THE PRINCIPLES
OF OUR ORGANIZATION. ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT A FAULT OF A
MEMBER DOES NOT ONLY GIVE DISGRACE TO HIMSELF/HERSELF
BUT ALSO TO THE ORGANIZATION HE/SHE BELONGED. ON THE
OTHER HAND, SWIFTNESS IN THE SENSE THAT WE MAY BE SWIFT
TO REACT IN SERVING OUR FELLOWMEN MOST ESPECIALLY
THOSE WHO ARE MOST IN NEED.

THE EAGLE EPITOMIZES THE SAYING, “THE TRUTH WILL SET


YOU FREE.” SOMETIMES THE TRUTH AND HONOR CAN FEEL LIKE
WEIGHTY RESPONSIBILITIES. THE EAGLE REMINDS US THAT WHEN
WE LIVE IN THE TRUTH, WE HAVE THE POWER TO SOAR HIGHER
THAN WE EVER IMAGINED. LIVING IN THE TRUTH MEANS NOT
LIVING IN DELUSION ABOUT WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE’RE
TELLING OURSELF. IT MEANS BEING TRUTHFUL TO OURSELF AND
TO OTHERS. WE ARE ALL CAPABLE OF TELLING OURSELF BIG LIES
OR EVEN WHITE LIES BUT MAKE SURE NOT TO LOST OUR HONOR
AS A PERSON AND THE HONOR OF THE ORGANIZATION WE
BELONGED. MAY THE EAGLE SPIRIT REMIND US THAT LIVING
FEARLESSLY MEANS LIVING IN THE TRUTH AND WITH HONOR.

THE WINGSPAN OF AN EAGLE CAN RANGE FROM SIX (6) TO


NEARLY EIGHT (8) FEET WIDE. WHEN AN EAGLE DIVES, THEY ARE
STREAMLINED FOR SPEED, BUT WHEN THEY SOAR, THEIR WINGS
SPREAD WIDE AS THEY ALLOW THE AIR CURRENTS TO ELEVATE
THEM IN WHAT LOOKS LIKE EFFORTLESS GRACE. THIS ABILITY OF
EAGLES TO SOAR TOWARDS THE HEAVENS SO GRACEFULLY IS
WHY THEY ARE ALSO SYMBOLS OF HOPE AND SALVATION.
INTERESTINGLY, HUMAN BEINGS EXPRESS A SIMILAR TYPE OF
BODY LANGUAGE WHEN THEY EXPERIENCE VICTORY. CONSIDER A
MARATHON RUNNER CROSSING THE FINISH LINE WITH HIGH,
OUTSTRETCHED ARMS. WHEN WE OPEN OURSELVES WITH
OUTSTRETCH ARMS, WE OPEN OUR HEART AND OURSELF TO
OTHERS. WITH THIS, MAY WE BRING HOPE AND SALVATION WITH
OPEN ARMS TO THOSE WHO ARE MOST IN NEED OF OUR
SERVICES REGARDLESS OF THEIR STATUS IN LIFE.

EAGLES CAN SEE EIGHT TIMES AS FAR AS WE CAN. IN FACT,


THEIR EYES ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY TO ZOOM IN ON PREY, AND
THEY CAN SEE A SMALL RODENT FROM TWO MILES AWAY.
FURTHERMORE, THEY SEE MORE COLORS THAN WE DO. THESE
SYMBOLIZE FORESIGHT AND PSYCHIC AWARENESS. MAY WE
DEVELOP THE SO CALLED “EAGLE EYE” FOR US TO BE ABLE TO
SEE THE BEST WE CAN DO AND MAKE A WISE DECISION AT ALL
TIMES.

AS MY PARTING WORDS, AS WE BECAME BONAFIDE


MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATION, I AM ENCOURAGING AND
EXPECTING EVERYONE OF US TO BECOME AMBASSADORS OF
PEACE AND GOOD WILL IN OUR RESPECTIVE COMMUNITY. THE
PNP IS LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH US AS THEIR
ACTIVE PARTNERS NOT ONLY LIMITED TO PEACE AND ORDER
CONCERNS BUT ALSO IN COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS IN THE
DELIVERY OF SERVICES TO OUR FELLOWMEN.

WITH THIS, MAY THIS TRIBE INCREASE WITH GOD’S


BLESSINGS TO REDOUND A THOUSAND-FOLD FOR EACH OF OUR
FAMILIES AND US, FOR OUR CONTINUED SUCCESSES, SO THAT WE
CAN BE OF GREATER SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRYMEN THROUGH
THE BOND OF STRONG BROTHERHOOD AND FRATERNAL TIES OF
OUR PRESTIGIOUS ORGANIZATION.

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