What Do We Need To Change?

No doubt, all of us recognize the need to change. Not only is our country is in a really bad condition, but the fate of the faithful is very much wanting. We are wanting in Christian values. We are wanting in discipline. We are wanting in the sense of sin. We are wanting in inspiration. We are wanting in enthusiasm. We are wanting in concern. We can go on and on and we can name as many things as we can. What do we need to change? What would it take us to finally make a serious response to our situation? What should happen in order for us to stop what we are doing and instead respond to the more urgent need for change?
Honestly, I do not want to speculate an answer. For me, we do not have to wait for something to happen. What is happening right now is enough for us to pause and think of ways to act on the concern at hand. Rather than arguing about what or why all of these are happening, we must try to find ways to address them and, beggingly, act on these ways. My fear is that when all of these had mothballed to a great degree, there is nothing more we could do. All we could do is to just stare at the devastation that is slowly coming towards us. Because, nothing can be done, nothing can stop them.
As a believer, my fear is salvific rather than secular in nature. While it is true that the secular and the sacred are very much related and intertwined, the concern on the sacred gives a better perspective and basis for change. The eternal inspires and motivates more than the temporal. Whatever happens to this world maybe hard to reverse. But what happens to my soul, my fate, may still be addressed. The change should therefore begin with the hearts of men more than the hurts of men. There must be a change in men than a change of men.
Let us therefore begin change. And let us begin with ourselves!