Let’s make SA a better place!
The "blame game" had never resolved anything in life, it has never improved any nation.
Life is not easy and it has never been easy.
The “blame game” always takes things from better to worse, because there is no accountability. And where there is no accountability, maturity and progress will always be compromised. As a nation, we South Africans are recently facing more difficulties, challenges and obstacles. Most of the problems we face today existed previously, but they were under control. But today they’re piling up, because we fail to set priorities.
We can debate as much as we want, but the fact is that the “blame game” has never resolved anything in life; it has never improved any nation. And we have to agree that challenges and difficulties have always existed, even within great nations on earth. I emphasise that we should learn to prioritise, we can’t resolve and achieve everything at once. Somewhere, somehow we should be realistic – as the old saying says: first things first.
As a nation we have to identify, analyse and prioritise our problems accordingly. By so doing we will avoid neglecting issues that are urgent, such as unemployment, poor education and corruption. These problems are on the list, but they are very severe in my view. We should get our priorities straight, and avoid running around like headless chickens. We should do so with a clear understanding that no nation is perfect, but if we do our level best to redress what matters most, our outcome will always be a success.
It’s also Mandela Month. Mandela was and still is a perfect example of setting priorities. The late President knew he could’t achieve or do everything at once or alone. The old man did what was best, what he could, and what was necessary at that point in time. That seems like being able to prioritise. As South Africans, it lies on our shoulders to do the same – to individually or collectively do our level best to influence a good and beneficial change where we can, and where it matters most. This Mandela Day, let us not just volunteer for 67 minutes, but let’s pledge to prioritise and effectively contribute to making our nation a better one.
