Id

Or is it the ego that compels our Prime Minister. It is fine for him to do so but it befuddles me why he plays with our country at the center?

That he runs from our flood-ravaged savannas to Savannah, Georgia is fine... sort of. But you would think that the populace (not to mention the Belizean People of his political party), would want him celebrating here in Belize on Feb. 7. They would want to be part of the fuss. Who cares? Guess who?

Fresh off the defrocking of one of our very own and anointing one of his, the PM revives something that I can remember in days of old that he is the "minister of everything." The NCN Range Rover, the retrenchment galore, the over-priced VAT and the call for violence, all came before. So there is precedent to these insensitive decisions. These are insensitive to Belizeans of course.

Two days after his birthday by carrier pigeon and by binary code, his successor to LO will show the world that NEW has its meaning etched in reality.

(Help... any suggestions to these)

Orange Walkeños, Corozaleños, San Ignaceños/Santa Eleños, Belmopaneños, Dangrigeños, Punta Gordeños, San Pedranos, and Beliceños(Belize City ) alike will show to themselves and the candidates alike that they want to rule as the internet era allows. WE want to he heard and WE want to be an intricate part of decisions. Self-aggrandizement will not be tolerated.

The CHANGE that WE want is not necessarily of which party is leading but that the people will carry the lead whilst the leaders will actually serve.

Lately, our 'leaders' duly reward themselves . It should be that when they lead successfully, the people will duly reward them.

Everyone has an Id. Sometimes though it oozes out to affect a multitude; it should not.

Voila!

I am so sure that this is not new but it might be novel for many of us. I will not spend too much on words.



Yes! Yes! One of the main arguments is that our population is too small for such an industry. I refuse to continue buying that one.

We should be ingenious enough to overcome that dilemma. We will always be cozy small. We want it like that. But that we will not be BIG enough to do something is BS.

This is all food for thought. Ojala pudiese surgir algo de ello.

Dire

Nos Duele... It hurts in so many different ways to go around Orange Walk today and not be able to "walk" with any sense of pride and joy. God's blessings in the form of rain is revealing that the town is in dire straits when it comes to how the simple tasks should be carried out.

Rain is supposed to runoff with ease into drains and these are supposed to lead unhindered to our New River. Such ease though comes with responsibilities carried out by every one of us town citizens. These responsibilities are to be administered by those that the citizenry elected as the overseers. Just as we are supposed to not litter and bag our garbage, the group under stipend is supposed to get rid of the same.

Now I am coming to realize that the Christmas tree being bare and an eye-sore at best was not a fluke but a symptom of things going haywire. It is a dire shame that after a rain we cannot come outside and smell that nice aroma that should linger at the end. Does anyone remember that sensation? I do. But it is so so far away in the past that I almost need to undergo self-hypnosis to remember. I want to say "Ahhhhhhh, nice" after a rain again. Is anyone with me?

Shirking one's responsibilities when one should be at the center of it should bring dire consequences. These consequences should either be self-imposed or we the Orange Walkeños ought to speak more often than only at the polls.

It would be a dire shame to have more of the same.

On March 4 we ought to ask for less pitter patter on the streets. We ought to ask for a fresh breath of air after God-given rains. We deserve it!

Still waiting for the future?

A couple of days of internet troubles and here I am scurrying to write a few lines not to bore not to inform not to tell a tale but to stimulate some thought. Calm thinking tends to shuffle ideas in our minds and allow for fresher ideas or novel ways of achieving the best from within us.

Look up to the sky......................... yes now! Or the ceiling... what new do you want from yourself in this new year 2009? Some call it a resolution and usually forget it by January 2.

We need to burn a thought into our mind, and do so with the intention of achieving and feel good. There is not much more to life than doing things now and feeling good about it. When it is done you can breathe deeply....ahhhh.... "I did it" and move on to another one. It takes many little dreams to make a big dream and many little resolutions to make what you will be today.

Yes... what you will be today... like talking about the future being today. Be happy, be gracious, be precise... the future is today.

Look at the countdown, underneath this post... it is already automatically counting on to the next new year. There is no waiting.

So as we scurry back to work or to the oh so loved school(LIS, Louisiana, San Fran, St. Peter's, Chapel's, Technical, Muffles, Solomon's, San Juan Bautista, and MJC) , let us look to do more for ourselves, our family, our friends, and yes Orange Walk...Belize will be the better for it.