WE THE RESIDENTS AND CITIZENS OF OUR BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY, HAVE ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASSION, SUCCESSFULLY HOSTED, SOME OF THE GREATEST SPORTING EVENTS IN HISTORY, WE HAVE HOSTED ALMOST ALL OF THE WORLDS HEADS OF STATE, AND EVERY TIME A VERY IMPORTANT PERSON VISITS OUR COUNTRY, THEY LEAVE HAVING SO MUCH POSITIVE AND ENCOURAGING THINGS TO SAY ABOUT OUR COUNTRY. WE ARE ALWAYS MENTIONED AMONGST THE BEST COUNTRY IN AFRICA, IT SEEMS EVERYONE OUT THERE HAS ONLY GOOD THINGS TO SAY ABOUT OUR COUNTRY BUT US THE CITIZENS OF THIS BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY HAVE ONLY NEGATIVE, PROBLEMS AND ISSUES ABOUT OUR COUNTRY.
ARE WE REALLY IN SUCH A BAD PLACE WHERE, NOTHING GREAT CAN COME FROM, IS THIS BEAUTIFUL PLACE OF OUR'S REALLY GOING TO THE DOGS?
WE HAVE SOME OF THE GREATEST MUSICIANS, SPORTSMAN AND WOMAN, ARTISTS, AND THE LIST IS ENDLESS.WE ARE THE ONLY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD THAT IS TRULY BLESSED WITH DIVERSITY AND CULTURE THAT DATES BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF TIME.
WE HAVE STORIES OF HOPE AND INSPIRATIONAL STORIES THAT ARE ABLE TO MOTIVATE GENERATIONS, WE HAVE A PAST THAT CAN COMPARE TO NONE, WE HAVE COME FROM HARDSHIP AND PAIN AND HAVE WORKED EXTREMELY HARD TO OVERCOME THE AILMENTS AND WOUNDS THAT WAS SUFFERED BY THE PREVIOUS GENERATION, THEY PAVED A PATH FOR US SO THAT WE MAY BE THE POWER HOUSE THAT WE WERE MEANT TO BE.
THE QUESTION I ASK IS WHAT IS HOLDING US BACK, WHAT IS STOPPING US FROM BEING THAT MIGHTY NATION FROM THE MIGHTY LAND?
IS THERE A PROBLEM WITH US THE YOUTH OF TODAY, DO WE NOT SEE THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING PATRIOTIC AND TAKING PRIDE IN OUR COUNTRY, DO WE LACK AMBITION OF BEING THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, DO WE ALWAYS WANT TO REMAIN THE THIRD WORLD COUNTRY THAT PREFERS TO STAY IN THE SHADOWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE UNITED KINGDOM.
WHAT IS HOLDING US BACK?
MAYBE THE TIME HAS COME FOR US TO LOOK BEYOND COLOUR AND RACE AND UNITE AS ONE AS WE HAVE DONE SO MANY TIMES IN THE PAST, LET US PUT OUR BEST FOOT FORWARD AND CONQUOR THE IMPOSSIBLE, RISE TO THE CHALLENGE OF BEING THAT MIGHTY LAND, WE ARE BLESSED WITH TRUE LEADERS THAT ARE MORE THAN CAPABLE OF TAKING US TO THE NEXT LEVEL AND BEYOND.
THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A TIME BETTER THAN THE PRESENT FOR US TO STAND UP AND BE COUNTED, A FORCE TO BE DEALT WITH.
LETS STAND UP, STOP COMPLAINING, STOP THE NEGATIVITY, THE STRUGGLE HAS BEEN WON, NOW IS OUR TIME TO TAKE THE BATON AND RUN THE OUR LENGTH WITH PASSION AND ENDURANCE, TAKING THIS LAND OF OURS TO GREATER HEIGHTS AND BE THE MIGHTY PEOPLE FROM OUR MIGHTY LAND.
