Reflections on Filipino Values

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"BAHALA NA" is an unproductive perspective of life. It is rendered loosely as " Come what may" or Que sera, sera(What will be, will be). It conjures up utter helplessness in the face of difficult situations. Notwithstanding its sense of fatalism, this common idiom is also a Filipino espression of faith in a higher Being. "Bahala Na" comes from "Bathala na, " where Bathala is the Tagalog name of God. its literal meaning, therefore, would be " Let God take charge!"