When David challenged Goliath to fight him, everyone in his camp was raising his eyebrows for they believe that it was impossible for the former to beat the latter, however the future King of Israel in the person of the diminutive David easily defeated Goliath with his sling shot. David had proven his critics wrong because he took the criticisms as a challenge in doing and fighting better against the giant from Philistine.
Bill Clinton was accused of sexual offenses when he was Governor of Arkansas and as President of the United States of America. He was impeached by the members of the United States House of Representatives but was acquitted by the U.S. Senators, and after his two terms as president he left a very healthy economy in the tune of 1.3 trillion dollars surplus national budget.
These examples would be a good guide for the current Philippine President Rodrigo Roa Duterte to succeed as a national leader and to effectively function as such despite the many criticisms he is facing at this juncture in the Philippine Political arena.
Such success stories can also be a good model for everyone of us who are struggling in our daily lives as politicians, servant-leaders, ordinary government employees, ordinary citizens, etc. to do better in the midst of criticisms and adversities. Anyone must not be onion skinned regarding the tests of criticisms for it would instead season and strengthen you to be a better person.
I hope that our good national leader His Excellency Rodrigo Roa Duterte would do a David and/or a Clinton, take the criticisms of his detractors lightly and use it as tools for him to deliver the expectations of the people who voted and supported him and not be short tempered, indecisive because of criticisms, otherwise he would fall in the pages of the annals of history as a lame duck president or a paper tiger supreme leader of the Philippine islands.
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