Let us HOPE…
One early morning, I woke up from my dream, with a dream: ‘Let us Hope…’
The kind of visionary leadership needed to overcome the racial agenda, non-indigenous population, to fight the systematic discrimination and oppression.
We need a Martin Luther King amongst the minority, non-indigenous population, to fight the systematic discrimination and oppression.
And we need an Abraham Lincoln, amongst the dominant majority, to acknowledge that oppression of the minority races must give way to liberty and equality, for a true nation to strive forward the future. Here’s the challenge?
Who amongst our leaders: showing the compassion, mindset, intellectual capacity to be a Lincoln, and who amongst the minority ‘groups’ portray the bravery and commitment to fight injustice?
“Integration” is not playing drums together on tv, but when people truly pledge and feel that they are sons and daughters of their nation, and accept each other as brothers and sisters, not merely tolerating each other presence; we must share this vision that this land is home for all of us, and not see some who live here, as temporary tenant!
The acknowledgment of history of the past is a foundation to building ties in future; recognition of heroes amongst all races in nationbuilding, giving the same honour and footage is as important as building skyscrapers and sending astronauts, in its aesthetic value to shape the mindset of the populace.
People must be shown to be part of the community and encourage to assert so, how many new streets and buildings are named in that sense, of our forefathers.
Diversity per se is like the ying-yang, nothing good or bad. But is in the dynamicity that we can harness goods, unity, understanding, but be wary of conflict and popularisations.
Conflict is not bad, is an opportunity us inadvertent in life! However conflict resolution is a must. Conflict (sudden breakthrough) and crisis (opportunity in times of adversity) are situations that may bring about beneficial change. As Ghandi has asserted, confrontation does not necessary lead to violence. In court, in parliament, in elections, people are in confrontation, but not necessary violent.
We must as a society matures, have the capacity to recognize diversity and respect difference, even at times agree to disagree, as long as the bigger picture of shared vision, shared objectives are maintained.
We need to embrace more compassion in all our lives, family, neighbours, friends as well as “enemies”. Manifesto of violence and threat is negative; Manifesto of reconciliation, and hope! Is the way forward. Manifesto of pledges to give, should be balance with pledges to engage and involve all levels of society. Manifesto should not be merely “promises to give” but ‘promises to take’ as well, to challenge the mindset of the electorate, populace to willing to make sacrifice, to negotiate, to work hard (harder and smarter) to unity.
Unity is the foundation to sustainable peace and growth. It foster mutual trust, allows individuals potentials to fully achieve, and the nation as a whole to progress.
One early morning, I woke up from my dream, with a dream: ‘Let us Hope…’
The kind of visionary leadership needed to overcome the racial agenda, non-indigenous population, to fight the systematic discrimination and oppression.
We need a Martin Luther King amongst the minority, non-indigenous population, to fight the systematic discrimination and oppression.
And we need an Abraham Lincoln, amongst the dominant majority, to acknowledge that oppression of the minority races must give way to liberty and equality, for a true nation to strive forward the future. Here’s the challenge?
Who amongst our leaders: showing the compassion, mindset, intellectual capacity to be a Lincoln, and who amongst the minority ‘groups’ portray the bravery and commitment to fight injustice?
“Integration” is not playing drums together on tv, but when people truly pledge and feel that they are sons and daughters of their nation, and accept each other as brothers and sisters, not merely tolerating each other presence; we must share this vision that this land is home for all of us, and not see some who live here, as temporary tenant!
The acknowledgment of history of the past is a foundation to building ties in future; recognition of heroes amongst all races in nationbuilding, giving the same honour and footage is as important as building skyscrapers and sending astronauts, in its aesthetic value to shape the mindset of the populace.
People must be shown to be part of the community and encourage to assert so, how many new streets and buildings are named in that sense, of our forefathers.
Diversity per se is like the ying-yang, nothing good or bad. But is in the dynamicity that we can harness goods, unity, understanding, but be wary of conflict and popularisations.
Conflict is not bad, is an opportunity us inadvertent in life! However conflict resolution is a must. Conflict (sudden breakthrough) and crisis (opportunity in times of adversity) are situations that may bring about beneficial change. As Ghandi has asserted, confrontation does not necessary lead to violence. In court, in parliament, in elections, people are in confrontation, but not necessary violent.
We must as a society matures, have the capacity to recognize diversity and respect difference, even at times agree to disagree, as long as the bigger picture of shared vision, shared objectives are maintained.
We need to embrace more compassion in all our lives, family, neighbours, friends as well as “enemies”. Manifesto of violence and threat is negative; Manifesto of reconciliation, and hope! Is the way forward. Manifesto of pledges to give, should be balance with pledges to engage and involve all levels of society. Manifesto should not be merely “promises to give” but ‘promises to take’ as well, to challenge the mindset of the electorate, populace to willing to make sacrifice, to negotiate, to work hard (harder and smarter) to unity.
Unity is the foundation to sustainable peace and growth. It foster mutual trust, allows individuals potentials to fully achieve, and the nation as a whole to progress.
Raja Kumbang
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