DON’T COMPLAIN DO SOMETHING
Sometimes what you count as a crisis is just a
situation that you don’t like.
“The
people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for
circumstances they want, and if they can’t find them, make them”
- George Bernard
Shaw
Make the
most of the crisis you face and don’t wait for someone to do something. If you
can see it you can deal with it. Do not just complain about the situation look for the solutions. I attended the
discussion of Tanzania agriculture
development since independence November 2011 held at Sokoine University of Agriculture and heard
many complains to the government. I told my friend Antony Kapola about the
situation and ended up telling him that “it
is a sin to be told about the problem and not think of the solution”. We concluded that whatever the situation we
don’t like in our nation we must find the way to do it and stop being in the
crowd who always complain and keep doing nothing expecting that changes will
happen one day.
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of
evil is for good men to do nothing”
Edmund Burke
A man of
change will always say “I will do
something” in the midst of the crisis. Being still and wishing makes no one
great. When Israelites were crossing
the desert to Canaan, every time they faced a crisis those who complained made
themselves prone to death. But Mosses did something every time the crises rise. What a
wonderful mind, he seeks for direction what to do by asking God how. Put your
mind to work during your difficult situation, settle down and think what to do.
Don’t look for someone to blame. Don’t use your feelings and stop your brain.
Don’t welcome fear in the battle field. Believe that one with God is majority.
Remove the sense of loneliness out of your mind; you have all you need to
conquer your enemies. J. Edgar Roberts insisted
“Every
human mind is a great slumbering power until awakened by a keen desire and a
definite resolution to do”
When you say
I can’t, you mind will switch to what I call “I CANTISM MODE” from
there is your destruction starts. It’s like your mind has obey your
instructions to switch ON or OFF to that mode.
“A successful man will never see the day that
doesn’t bring a fresh quota of problems, and the mark of success is to deal
with them effectively”
Lauris Norstad
from the book SWEET CRISES
by SHEMEJI MELAYEKI
