I grew up in a political family, maternal and paternal sides, where everyone seems to be involved in everything about politics. Luckily, my parents are not politicians but the rest of my family is.
One thing I learned from them is you always need to take a stand whether others will like it or not. You can't just say "No comment!" or "keber" to an issue because as a politician you are involve with everything. Seriously.
Another thing in being a politician is you need to be professional because you are working for the people. There's a dividing line between personal and professional life. Politics is strictly professional and when you get too personal with it, you loose. People will say anything and everything about you, laging may masasabi sila, because you're a public figure everything you say and do will, as they say, be used against you.
Whenever people are not agreeing with your ideas or principles, its ok, take your stand. But don't get angry or frustrated to them and most importantly don't get too personal. Don't consider them voicing their opinions as an attack. It's their way of telling you and making you know what they think about the situation and the issues, for that matter. Because at the end of the day, it's just work. Yup, just work.
Taking my stand and being professional are the things that I've learned from politics. Not that I know everything about it. Let's all be professional when we are called to do so. We can't just hate someone because of his/her opinions. We need to respect their opinions as they respect ours.
R.E.S.P.E.C.T.
xoxo,
_M_
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