My Heart Beats - Atty. Ed Cedro

For a man whose life has been about excellence of the mind, being in touch with the heart would be a herculean feat.  Atty. Ed Cedro, or Brother Ed as he wanted to be called, was that kind of man.  Born under the tutelage of parents who were both disciplinarians, he describes a typical day as fulfilling duties and responsibilities listed by his parents on a piece of paper. "'Kung di kami bumabangon sa oras, binubuhusan kami ng malamig na tubig' (If we don’t wake up on the scheduled time, our parents would throw cold water on us)."   It is this kind of upbringing that made him the person that he is: disciplined, firm, goal-oriented, and driven.  As we were conversing, he recalled something his father would always tell them. "'Wag mo dudungisan ang pangalan ko' (Do not, under any circumstances, taint my name)."  This motivated him to be a man of excellence in all fields.  From being a student who had an educational history littered with awards and recognition, to being a distinguished accountant turned lawyer, add to that an upstanding Christian front, he was everything a religious man would want to be…except that behind the front of his awards and 'Christianity' came a lifestyle full of sin.  As a lawyer, he studied and maintained the law as best as he could; but as a disciple he had a lawless, self-willed heart.