I work near Makati’s so called Red Light District. Whenever I go to lunch or grab something to eat, I see a lot of girls standing along the street and patiently wait for their would be customers.
Now, an officemate asked me why would those women resort to prostitution when they can look for a much “better” job?
By better jobs, you mean desk jobs?”
“I don’t know, maybe. Basta hindi ganyang nagbebenta sila ng laman."
I didn’t answer her directly but instead I told her a simple story:
There was a rich industrialist who was disturbed to find a fisherman sitting lazily beside his boat. "Why aren't you out there fishing?" he asked.
"Because I've caught enough fish for today," said the fisherman.
"Why don't you catch more fish than you need?' the rich man asked.
"What would I do with them?"
"You could earn more money," came the impatient reply, "and buy a better boat so you could go deeper and catch more fish. You could purchase nylon nets, catch even more fish, and make more money. Soon you'd have a fleet of boats and be rich like me."
The fisherman asked, "Then what would I do?"
"You could sit down and enjoy life," said the industrialist.
"What do you think I'm doing now?" the fisherman replied as he looked placidly out to sea.
“Ano kinalaman nung kwento mo?”
I told her this;
Life is not about what you do in life. If prostitution makes her happy, so be it. If that’s the kind of job that makes her provide for her family, so be it. She is doing her job because it is her choice. She can always be anything what she wants to be and whatever that is, we are in no position to judge her.
-Sheldon
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