Philippines at the recovery of our inherited archipelago. The present filipino national situation is compared to the situation of nations with high ratings in quality of and responsiveness to life. It is also compared to the situation of the filipino nation at its peak in quality of and responsiveness to life. The actual filipino national situation is the what is. The situation of the mentioned nations as well as that of the filipino national situation at its peak or glorious period is the what should be. This is also what is popularly known as the vision. The difference between the what is and the what should be is the deviation. What occured as to have produced such deviation is identified as the problem.