“You are a great person—a true hero—in your own Little Way.”
Excerpts and quotes from Orange, the Color of Sunset. Tap any of the accordion topics below.
Orange. The color of sunset. One moment here, next moment gone. Just like that. Just like us.
So there I was, on vacation mandated by the Philippine Senate. Dad always took his work home and thought I was part of his Third World Republic.
Indeed, I’d make them proud.
I was going to be their finest daughter.
Good and right wasn’t tolerated in the Third World. It was either shot down and buried, or exported and lost overseas.
Ironically, some other two-faced senator with this little knife then guts the great Julius Caesar and kills him… Well—so much for power.
‘Help them’—and I’ll be the hope and promise of the fucking Third World.
No, Cris, the Philippines is not broken. You are broken!
Our country is broken, but it’s still beautiful. I hope you get to know it someday.
The smallest things are actually the most significant.
If the SYSTEM, the government, the country has declared war upon the poor, look upon the poor—we are very strong. We are very resilient.
And then, I thought of Manila, where skyscrapers brushed the heavens—and around them lay a massive sea of rusty roofs, squat homes, and run-down shanties.
And as the poor slept within their squalid, wretched shacks, the rich drank to the future, to success, to our nation’s progress.
I stepped out to the balcony where we watched the sunset, recalling that as day gave way to night, I realized this girl was my only real friend. She was my best friend.
Papa God? Please… help me unlearn my capacity to hate. Teach me now how to truly LOVE.
Back in college, you were the queen of the world. Now, you’ve glided down from the skies. That ‘welcome to the real world’ humble pie does that to all of us, I think.
Executive summary… Bottom line only… Well, if they don’t care about the trenches, I care about the trenches. That’s my bottom line.
God and I have a personal relationship. I talk to Him as a friend, just like I’m talking to you right now.
Even today, as all signs, including you, pointed to ‘No’, I brushed it all aside and still believed in YES.
So, that’s what He did. He realigned me, showed me the way, and guided me back to a bigger, more meaningful purpose. And this purpose had nothing to do with accolades, work titles, or anything I had previously achieved. It was so simple—just one heart. And through this, He told me, “Anna—you matter.”
I’d say you’re a great person—a true hero—in your own Little Way
I believe in God. And I will always believe in you, too. I don’t know where such faith will take me. I just know it will take me to someplace very good.