Thinking from outside the box

15 Mar 09


Song for this post: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nYn9kxMIjU

"Life has no formula" - Malugeni teacher Mr. Cromwell

AS you can assume, there are many challenges we face in trying to bring a community in the 21st century. Lace of finance, empowerment, jobs, knowledge and world view all hinder this groups ability to step out of their box of comfort and confinement and embrace change. How can you expect them to when old, tired traditions stand in their way. Every decision must be approved by the husband, father, mother, elder, teacher, tribal chief, local gov'ment, national gov'ment and then God. It is very frustrating to see the slow forward movement here. Change is scary to them. The potential of the kids is abundant but I know that they are trapped or bound by the confines of this small small box of in opportunity they live in. Many of whom have never seen the tar road that is only 3-5 Km from their community but the rocky road of their town inhibits them from seeing the rest of the world. To see the land be so abundant but a plow stuck in the mud for lack of knowledge of how to use new machinery is hard to see. We must focus on what we can do. Focus on what we can change and the lives that we can impact.