Curbing corruption in small ways

We often criticize politicians of being corrupt and we imagine them as scheming and evil free loaders.

Corruption in its subtle form is insensitivity to others due to lack of the human virtues of humility and justice.

Thus corruption on a small scale is evident in our daily drive to work as seen by flagrant disregard for stop lights and the rules of the road.

The key is courtesy and sensitivity to others. Correcting corruption in our society comes through a concerted effort of all of us in small concrete ways such as respecting traffic rules.

Politicians who are caught red-handed of being corrupt embezzling millions of pesos perhaps are unaware of their doings until it is too late because maybe they may have lacked that sensitivity and courtesy to others in the very small things.