The term “change” is perhaps one of the most familiar terms for Maldivians these days. We hear about changing the political system in our country, changing the president, changing economic and social policies etc. These calls for change from all over the country have put our country in the middle of a political chaos. It’s for this reason I wanted to question myself, what these changes mean to me? What does it mean to anybody?
I yearn for change because I want a better life, a better future. I don’t want to stand to live the same life lived by my parents. I don’t want to live a life where I have to depend on others, basically for everything in life. Unfortunately this is the reality of our day-to-day lives. So this has to be changed. We can’t just sit there and blame the fate. Someone needs to do something about this.
This is the point where we have to accept the inevitable truth. Change does not come by itself. Our conditions will not change unless we change it ourselves. We can’t just leave it to somebody or just to a presidential candidate. The process of change should start with us. It’s us, who needs to change first. We need to change the way we think, the way we approach things and the way we react to things. We should learn to be independent. We should learn to open our minds. We should learn to respect others views. We should reconsider our priorities.
As youths, do we have any goals in our lives? It’s not only Americans who can have a dream. We can have our Maldivian Dream too, a dream of a nation where life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement. We should believe that anybody can grow up to be who they want. Higher posts and designations are not for only those who has money or for those who has royal blood in their veins.
It’s not politicians who should have dreams for us. It’s not them who should decide our priorities. We ordinary Maldivians should have our own dream. It’s the dream which we have that matters. Politicians and presidential candidates are supposed to have plans to fulfill our dreams, not plans to fulfill their own dreams. We need a president to lead us. It’s our responsibility to back him up. It’s our responsibility to continuously strive for change, and hence for a better future.
I yearn for change because I want a better life, a better future. I don’t want to stand to live the same life lived by my parents. I don’t want to live a life where I have to depend on others, basically for everything in life. Unfortunately this is the reality of our day-to-day lives. So this has to be changed. We can’t just sit there and blame the fate. Someone needs to do something about this.
This is the point where we have to accept the inevitable truth. Change does not come by itself. Our conditions will not change unless we change it ourselves. We can’t just leave it to somebody or just to a presidential candidate. The process of change should start with us. It’s us, who needs to change first. We need to change the way we think, the way we approach things and the way we react to things. We should learn to be independent. We should learn to open our minds. We should learn to respect others views. We should reconsider our priorities.
As youths, do we have any goals in our lives? It’s not only Americans who can have a dream. We can have our Maldivian Dream too, a dream of a nation where life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement. We should believe that anybody can grow up to be who they want. Higher posts and designations are not for only those who has money or for those who has royal blood in their veins.
It’s not politicians who should have dreams for us. It’s not them who should decide our priorities. We ordinary Maldivians should have our own dream. It’s the dream which we have that matters. Politicians and presidential candidates are supposed to have plans to fulfill our dreams, not plans to fulfill their own dreams. We need a president to lead us. It’s our responsibility to back him up. It’s our responsibility to continuously strive for change, and hence for a better future.
4 comments:
"back him up"?
Why not a her. ???
u first open your own mind.
Racist gabu qaaroonu's bbc, this is Not my blog! hehe
To the anonymous commenter:
When we say "him" in such circumstances it implicitly includes both sex. Anyone who has an understanding of English would know that. As per the linguistic rules we don't have to use "him/her" every time, just "him" is enough to convey both sex. If you find this convention sexist, it's better to complain with the native speakers of english.
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