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Giving VALOuRable lessons to Generation Z

Scars make you beautiful.

Everyone has scars, both visible and invisible, both past and present, for we all have encountered being hurt physically and emotionally.

Our heroes lost blood, sweat, and tears as they fought for days and days to gain freedom from the no-good colonizers. Whereas now, great misery comes from all of the bruises we got as we played outside till we stumble and fumble to the yells of our parents which we had to endure every single time we made a mistake.

Those wounds turned into scars that will permanently be imprinted into our bodies.

Are we willing to rise from the ashes much like our heroes, or stay in a bottomless pit of our sorrow?

The Fall of Bataan remains a tragic chapter in history. But unlike the fictional stories and love tales that “Younger generation” or “Gen Z” enjoy reading and watching, this one depicts a tragedy that has been marked in the gloomy pages of our history.

Ironically, Araw ng Kagitingan is a commemoration of two significant defeats in the Philippines in the period during that conflict. However, these were defeats that left the heads of the Filipino soldiers “bloody but unbowed.”

“Babagyo nalang makikita mo parin ang ngiti ng isang Pinoy,” a well-known aphorism that circulates throughout the globe, stands for and represents the positive traits of Filipinos despite challenges. This is a parallel about our heroes from the Battle of Bataan, “bloody but unbowed,” and it demonstrates how, despite defeat and hardship, Filipinos are always able to see the bright side of life because that is who we are.

This serves as a hope of inspiration to us millennials, our heroes back in the day show us that eventually, everything is gonna be all right, you just need to hold your ground and keep your head up. Our younger generation, in particular, is dealing with a slew of mental health issues, including anxiety, depression, and other kinds of mental illness. The impact that this kind of patriotism makes on this generation’s confidence and mental state is to the point where we ourselves have become