12/04/2026
I am so honored to be invited by my dear, Pres Ily to be her keynote speaker during JCI CHICKS United 14th Induction and Turnover Ceremonies.
It feels like a full circle in my JCI journey. I used to be one of the audiencesโsitting down, chatting with guests, entertaining, if not hostingโand honestly, I had no complaints. ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ก๐ฌ๐๐ฎ๐จ ๐ก๐ค๐ซ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ ๐๐ค ๐๐ฃ ๐
๐พ๐.
There are lots of fun times in JCI, but what we do at times is not always funโฆespecially when politics is involved.
Until one dayโฆ I caught myself fully immersed in the JCI world. And suddenly, everything my mentors said started to make sense: โOnce you are bitten by the JCI bug, you will itchโฆ every time.โ
But God, no one saidโฆ that the itch will go on and on and onโฆAnd before I knew itโthat itch lasted for 10 long years already, without expecting anything in return. Just doing something worthwhile.
To be in JCI is both an honor and a responsibility. And for those beautiful ten years, I would like to share with you what Iโve learnedโin four beautiful letters, also representing the four beautiful people in my JCI journey, summarized in one word: ๐.๐.๐.๐.
๐ญ. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ ๐ โ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐๐
JCI is not just an organization.
It is a personal challenge to your leadership.
It brings us back to our WHY:
Why are we here? Why JCI? Why me? Why you?
And hopefully, this WHY leads you to your purpose.
As for meโwhy am I here?
-๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ.
-๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด.
-๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ.
๐๐ฐ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ. ๐๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ.
๐๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ.
And I am happy to sayโJCI fulfilled my purpose.
Not only as a happy memberโฆbut as a Local Chapter President of Bacolodโฆ and the Regional Vice President of Western Visayas โค ๐๐๐ง๐ค ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ ๐ค ๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ ๐๐จ. ๐
๐พ๐. ๐
At one point, I thought I would retire in JCI.
But one beautiful thing about having an age requirement is this: ๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐๐๐จ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ก๐๐ฉ ๐๐ค. ๐๐ค ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฎ. ๐๐ค ๐ฉ๐ง๐ช๐จ๐ฉ, ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ญ๐ฉ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ, ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ช๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ฎ.
Ofcourse, we are still here, we can never run away from JCI, but this time as a happy PP and mentor na lang ๐
One day, my bestfriend RVP Japheth and I had a serious conversation about our JCI journey and our businessโBetter Academie Training Center.
And we found ourselves asking: โHow much we've given to JCI?โ I mean, imagine for 10 long years, youโve been ๐จ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ hehe (Those who are part of the NB can surely relate especially the speeeending). Quite an investment, yeah ๐
Because the truth isโฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐บ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ป๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ. ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆโฆ๐ฌ๐ ๐ก๐ค๐ซ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ค.
But at that point in our lives, we were also building something of our own. And we realizedโ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ ๐จ๐ค ๐ข๐ช๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐
๐พ๐, ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ก๐จ๐ค ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐๐, ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฌ ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐, ๐ค๐ช๐ฉ๐จ๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ ๐
๐พ๐. Probably with Rotary Club of Kabankalan, one of our partners๐
But we have no complaints, because what weโve gained in JCI is far more valuable than monetary valueโ๐ธ๐ฆโ๐ท๐ฆ ๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ๐ด, ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด.
Except for THE Jones Arboledaโwho once insisted on compensating our efforts during a teambuilding activity. Thank you Pressy! We love you!
And in that moment, we understoodโ
๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐จ ๐ข๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ค๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ง. ๐๐ค๐ข๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐จโฆ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ช๐ง๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐๐, ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฌ๐ฃ, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ช๐๐ก๐ก๐ฎโฆ ๐ก๐๐ฉ ๐๐ค.
Because the greatest legacy we can leave behindโฆis not our position, not the titles we heldโ
๐๐ช๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐จ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ค๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฏ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ช๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐โฆ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ข๐๐๐ฃ๐จ,๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐ช๐จ.
And for meโฆ that is true leadershipโ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ค๐บ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ, ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ง๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ.
๐ฎ. ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ ๐น๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
Affirmations are powerful.
And we need them a lot in JCI.
๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ช๐ตโ๐ด ๐ข ๐ด๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ โ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ฃ!โ
๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ช๐ตโ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต.
๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ดโฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต.
๐๐ณ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ด. ๐
And for my bestie Albertโwho calls me โloveyโโhis way of giving me affirmation is by being there every step of the way, even without saying much, and by taking a lot of amazing pictures of me in all angles ๐
And sometimesโaffirmation comes in the form of a lunch invitationโฆfrom your mentors ๐ You sit down for lunch, sugarcoated with a meetingโฆwith your best friend as an audience, and before you know itโyou are already the President of your Chapter, and the Regional Vice President of Western Visayas! (hahahaha) ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต!๐
And I will forever be grateful to my mentors - ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐, ๐ผ๐จ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ง๐ก๐๐ฎ, ๐๐ง๐๐จ ๐๐๐ง๐ฉ๐๐, ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ, ๐๐ง๐๐จ ๐
๐๐จ๐จ๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐ข๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐จ, ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ง๐ช๐จ๐ฉ, ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐, ๐ก๐ค๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ ๐ข๐. Proud to have paid it forward โค๏ธ
Affirmations are free, but when given to the right person at the right time, they can make the impossible possible. They empower individuals to reach greater heights and become beacons of hopeโcreating a ripple effect that benefits the communities we serve.
That's the power of affirmation. ๐๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐ช๐จ๐๐๐จ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐๐ค๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ค๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฌ๐๐ค ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ช๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐ค๐ช๐ก๐ ๐๐.
๐ฏ. ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐น๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐น๐ฑ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐
JCI teaches us to be BOLD.
๐๐ฐ ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ฑโ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ง๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฅ.
๐๐ฐ ๐ด๐ข๐บ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ดโ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ.
๐๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅโ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐บ.
Because leadership is not about being fearlessโ๐๐ฉโ๐จ ๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐ข๐ค๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐๐๐ง.
But you might wonder what I did when Iโm scared? I chose to trust my mentors. And Iโm so happy that I did, because it led me to become a more confident and bold person.
Looking backโฆI am very proud that I chose to be bold. Just like my bf Brian, who is bold enough, to speak up, and step up to lifeโs challengesโembracing his vulnerabilities, asking for forgiveness, and choosing to start anew, in becoming a better person.
Because sometimes, being bold is not about being fearlessโฆ๐๐ฉโ๐จ ๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ง๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง๐จ๐๐ก๐, ๐ฉ๐ง๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐จ, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ช๐ฅ ๐๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ฎ.
๐ฐ. ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐น๐ฎ๐๐๐น๐, ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐
Because leadership is not about titles.
It is about responsibility. It is about showing up. Doing the work.
Serving with INTEGRITYโin all capital lettersโeven when no one is watching.
Because JCI is not just about projects, tarpaulins, or Facebook postsโฆ
๐๐ฉ ๐๐จ ๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐ก๐.
๐๐ฉ ๐๐จ ๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐๐ฉ.
๐๐ฉ ๐๐จ ๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ฅ๐ค๐จ๐.
And thatโs exactly why, in my practice as a Psychologist and a Certified Forensic Psychology Expert, and soon to be a Certified SexologistโI bring into my practice what Iโve learned in JCIโฆand I am still learning, along the way.
I have learned:
โข ๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ, ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด,
๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด. ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด,๐ฏ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐จ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ.
โข ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ, ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ต, ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด. ๐๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ, ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ค๐ตโฆ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ตโ๐ด ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ, ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ง๐ถ๐ญ.
โข ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ, ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ, ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ช๐ฌ๐ช๐จ๐ข๐ช, ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ, ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ.
โข ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด, ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ฑ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ, ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐จ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐บ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ด๐ต, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ตโ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ค๐บ, ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ญ๐บ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ.
And so tonight my dear friends, fellow Jaycees, I leave you with this challenge:
๐๐จ ๐
๐พ๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ก ๐จ๐๐ง๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ฅ๐ค๐จ๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ก๐๐๐?
๐๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐จ๐๐ง๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ฅ๐ค๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ ๐
๐พ๐?
Because when the two alignโ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ง๐ช๐ ๐๐ช๐ก๐๐๐ก๐ก๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐จ.
To Pres Rachille Audrey Rivas, and her amazing husband, Pres Gus Rivasโyour leadership is truly remarkable. You are proof that in simplicity there is elegance, in silence there is impact, and in authenticity there is a beauty that leaves a lasting impression. Thank you for showing us, what it truly means to be ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต.
To Pres Marily Jarque Eras, from Inday Ily to Pres Ilyโso quickly. I canโt help but feel so proud of you. From the very first time I saw you, I already knewโthere was something in you, that others might not immediately see, but I did. I knew, you were meant for something bigger and greater. And I knew, that you would not only, carry the title of President, but grow into the person, you were always destined to becomeโฆ๐ข ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ดโฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ.
And to ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ,
๐๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐๐๐ง๐ฉ.
๐๐๐ง๐ซ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ฅ๐ค๐จ๐.
๐ผ๐ฃ๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐๐ค๐ง๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ง๐๐๐จ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฌ๐๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฉ๐๐.
And to everyone reading thisโ
Keep the fire burning.
Keep scratching that JCI itch. ๐
Because in the endโ
we are not just building projectsโฆ
๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ช๐๐ก๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ง๐จ.
๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ช๐๐ก๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ข๐ช๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐จ.
๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ช๐๐ก๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐๐ช๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐.
Kapunka โจ
